When your boss tries to learn to speak like Gen Z

Stay in your own lane.
Each generation has their own language.
Stick to yours or you’re likely to get it wrong or look like a fool.
Also, don’t turn a friendly chat into telling someone they’re underperforming.
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[@partiellementecreme]

I vividly remember jokes about “lol”being cool new slang, before Gen Z was born.

[@mayamartin7359]

I’m the bridge year for mil/Z and I’ve had to explain to my 7yo gen-alpha daughter, that we *never* use LOL in spoken conversation 😂

[@juliabuonincontro8617]

@@mayamartin7359a lot of people do now. I’ve even heard lmao pronounced le-mow

[@TomasSowellIsGreat]

With the British accent this is just immaculate 🤌

[@spiralghosts]

Just by the tone of your voice it was like I was transported into a slightly stuffy office with the heating cranked a bit too high

[@Dylanfoxe]

A couple weeks ago my office manager came up to me and said “that’s bet! Did I say it right?” 💀💀

[@EtherTheReal]

💀

[@PiYodTong]

Correct them and say "You betcha"

[@EtherTheReal]

@@PiYodTong He shoulda said "word."

[@Aliceintherosegarden]

Haha. I'm early GenZ and it shows in my speech. I know and use about half of the GenZ slang and need to look up the other half.

[@caps_lock_]

That end was perfection! 💀

[@RapidBlindfolds]

so glad the algorithm suggested me this

[@BeneathFullMoon]

She sounds so elegant nsxhnshn I love it

[@written12]

Beautiful speaking voice, indeed

[@eb.3764]

i say Gen Zed haha. Go Canada

[@barbiewithapostit]

your energy is 10/10/10 shabam

[@heather5494]

God I think this is the entirety of my workplace’s mentoring network. And also me in approximately 5 years’ time. 😁

[@lexipowell7357]

This is random but it seems like because of the Internet, all Gen Z must have a pretty common vernacular. Whereas the sayings this Gen X boss is trying to translate seem very British to me, an American; and American Gen Xers would say something entirely different as well

[@vacri54]

... LOL was used at least as far back as Gen X...

[@breadfan_85]

LOL has literally been around since the beginning of the Internet. It actually goes back further than that, but then it actually DID mean "lots of love/luck."

[@gian5008]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ArmageddonAfterparty]

She perfectly encapsulates how her generation is still the one that learns, adapts and then uses the words against the other two main generations. Cringe.

[@UFOhunter4711]

Its Gen Z or get dead

[@my1vice]

You want to talk like a Gen Zero...... Why?