If you're among the people confused by young folks who laugh at the punchline 6-7 or use "mogging" as a compliment, we have two bits of good news for you.
First, your confusion is kind of the point ‒ today's slang is part of an ever-changing lexicon that separates the young from the young-at-heart. And second, you're just a moment away from being in on the joke.
Gen Zers' social media- and internet-influenced subculture is changing language faster than their elders can keep up.
According to Unscramblerer.com (an online tool used for word games like Scrabble), which drew on data from Google Trends searches, bewildered folks who don't live on TikTok, Discord, or Twitch sometimes have to turn to the internet to figure out what the kids mean when they use words and phrases that mystify their elders.
But that's nothing new, say linguists and others who study verbal communication.
