With every generation ....comes a new set of slangs......my culture is fraught with them Glaswegian/scottish..........we have slangs for loads of things ....too many to mention ......and with tech and suchlike new slangs are made up every single year .......
Can you understand the most popular slang words of 2025?
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.
"Older people have been rolling their eyes at the things younger people do and say for thousands of years," said Jesse Sheidlower, a lexicographer, educator, editor and author who's served as president of the American Dialect Society and helped edit the Oxford English Dictionary.
"The whole point is that it’s not meant for you," he added. The very nature of slang is that it's constantly changing from generation to generation and is often meant to befuddle others. It doesn't mean Gen Zers can't communicate effectively, though: "Most young people know very well they can’t use that slang in (academic) papers or professional settings. They know there’s different kinds of language that are appropriate at different times and with different people."
A lot of Generation Z's slang comes from the internet, Unscramblerer's spokesperson said ‒ just not the same corners of the 'net that their parents are using.
"Popular slang in 2025 continues to be heavily influenced by TikTok, Instagram, gaming, streaming, Gen Z and Alpha online communities," Randoh Sallihall said in an email that explains the words' meanings. "Trends from social media spread rapidly via memes and viral challenges. Fueled by technology, our language adapts to new slang trends more rapidly than ever."
Unscramblerer analyzed data from Google Trends to learn the top searches. Here's what they found.
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6-7 drew the highest number of searches, but it has no literal meaning. Instead, it's meant to be an absurd bit of brain-rot-influenced humor. Its origin comes from a Skrilla song (one you might want to play on a lower volume in mixed company), as well as a basketball player, LaMelo Ball, who appears in a viral video about being 6 feet, 7 inches tall.
Ohio is another absurdity, used to describe something strange, weird, or cringey. (Please, Ohioans, no angry emails.)
A bop is someone who has a lot of romantic partners, bopping from person to person. It's not meant as a compliment, Unscramblerer notes, as it's often deployed in cyberbullying.
Mogging, though, is a good thing because it means you're outdoing others by being more attractive, skilled, or successful.
A huzz is an attractive girl or group of girls or someone you'd want to impress.
Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.
Chopped, though, means the opposite of huzz ‒ it's something ugly or undesirable.
Having a big back refers to someone who's physically big, or who draws gentle teasing for hogging food or being lazy.
A bop is someone who has a lot of romantic partners, bopping from person to person. It's not meant as a compliment, Unscramblerer notes, as it's often deployed in cyberbullying.
Mogging, though, is a good thing because it means you're outdoing others by being more attractive, skilled, or successful.
A huzz is an attractive girl or group of girls or someone you'd want to impress.
Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.
Chopped, though, means the opposite of huzz ‒ it's something ugly or undesirable.
Having a big back refers to someone who's physically big, or who draws gentle teasing for hogging food or being lazy.
ou're not lazy if you're zesty. Quite the contrary: A zesty person is lively, exciting, and energetic.
You might want to collect a Fanum tax (named for a streamer and content creator popular on Twitch and Instagram) ‒ playfully stealing fries or chips or some other bits off a friend's plate.
We're hoping this story is a green FN (a guaranteed win, derived from the NBA Y2K game in which a perfect shot is marked in green), but it's possible we're delulu (delusional).
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