TikTok teacher Mr. Lindsay breaks down Gen Z slang terms

TikTok star Mr. Lindsay joins Jenna Bush Hager and guest host Willie Geist to give a vocabulary lesson that helps make sense of the language kids use — including words and phrases like rizz, pick me girls, do it for the plot and more.

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[kikineale]

The amazing thing about him is that he’s cool like this, but he’s also hilarious (some of his TikToks make me laugh out loud) AND he shares reasonable, achievable teaching strategies. I always stop to watch when I’m scrolling!

[fuosdi]

Is this even Gen Z? This is like the next generation at this point. Gen Z are getting close to 30 😂

[vsanchez]

Omg. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. 😂😂😂😂😂

[lizbrown]

Pick-me girl started off as a way of describing a girl who will try to impress guys by agreeing with their misogynistic beliefs

[FGHG]

That is NOT what a pick me girl is. A pick me girl is a woman who goes out of their way to pursue male attention and validation, especially at the expense of other women. The ones who say things like "I'm not like the other girls, etc."

[nicolem]

I saw one of his videos on YouTube. He is great! So glad he has his own show. Mr. Lindsay, I appreciate you! I can now translate what my 13 y/o and his friends are saying, especially those “rizz” terms-LOL! Congrats on your new show/segment!

[igorschmidlapp]

Wow, he's cool... a real hep cat... very groovy... way far out... real neato... ;-P
"Do it for the plot"? My life is a Greek tragedy...

OK, according to the inventor, "gif" is pronounced with a soft "g", like "giant". When he got his Webby award for creating the format, in his acceptance, to settle the argument, he put up a slide of a JIF peanut butter jar...

Do you people say "GUY-ant"?

[dallasburgess]

All I know is 'snatch' means a very different thing to Gen Xers than Gen Z 😂

[daniellawson]

I came here to hear what’s up with “Ohio” and the usage.

[olivergowen]

Mid means mid-grade weed. Schwag. That's what they mean nowadays 🎉😂

[WH]

I am surprised he didn't mention the very over-used "bruh". 🤣 (Not that it's hard to figure out.) Hey, Gen-Z'ers - you co-opted that from the 80's! There is NOTHING new under the sun (including this maxim). ☺

[zekefister]

Ridiculous...this will go the way of "fetch".

[SMILEYRLR]

It's ironic because most have no carisma or social skills compared anybody else.

[MarcBantolina]

Why is there so much slang? Super annoying

[A_Dopamine_Molecule]

Why are they acting so out of touch? From what I know, these terms are more or less common sense for any generation after boomers. There's no need to act older than you are, especially these days. I'd say they're pandering to soccer moms but it's 2024, even soccer moms are online enough to know basic slang... Maybe I'm missing something. All I know is I'm already 33 but Gen Z/alpha slang is still common sense to me.

[jendagesse]

What stupid words are these this is horrible for kids

[danlaplante]

Wow Jenna’s only gotten more annoying with age

[mastermaster]

What is a "Miki Jord" slang mean?