Gen Z Dictionary

2. When you order Starbucks during exam week even though your bank account says “Maggi only.”
4. When your group project partner vanishes faster than your pocket money after a Goa trip.
6. The universal one-word reply for hunger, boredom, Netflix addiction, and existential crisis.
9. What your friends say when you wear pajamas to class but somehow look like Beyoncé on a world tour.
10. Showing off a new phone, sneakers, or even just having working WiFi in the hostel.
12. The opposite of above: loudly announcing you’re going to fail… and then proving it.
13. That friend who knows 200 K-pop songs by heart but can’t recall the Periodic Table.
15. The guy who does her homework, buys her chai, and still gets called “bhaiya.”
17. That feeling when your mom finds your old TikTok drafts.
18. The instant response when someone says, “I studied nothing,” but then tops the exam.

1. Skipping one party and then scrolling through 300 Insta stories of people having “the time of their lives.”
2. Gen Z’s version of “okay,” but sounds like you’re making a shady deal with destiny.
3. Studying in secret and then pretending you “didn’t even open the book.”
4. What happened to that kid who looked like a mop in school but is now Instagram model material.
5. How your friend looks when he says, “I’m broke,” while wearing new Jordans.
7. Online victory: when your sarcastic reply gets more likes than the original post.
8. What you mentally do to your assignments the second the deadline email arrives.
11. The mysterious quality that decides if you’ll be best friends or total strangers.
14. What people add after saying something real, like “Yes, mess food is dangerous… no cap.”
16. Describes a party with loud music, free food, and at least one broken chair.