Essential Gen Z Slang to Understand Native English Speakers (2023 internet slang)

Learn some of the most common internet slang and Gen Z slang used in 2023 to help you understand native English speakers in informal and casual conversations. Learn what the meaning of 'that's cap', 'stan' and 'iykyk', plus many other common slang words in English.

⏱️ TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - What is Gen Z?
00:59 - What does 'stan' mean?
01:56 - What does 'W' and 'L' mean?
03:05 - What does 'ghost' mean?
03:49 - What does 'salty' mean?
04:16 - What does 'cap' mean?
05:03 - What does 'spill the tea' mean?
05:40 - What does 'iykyk' mean?
06:20 - What does 'send me' mean?
06:58 - What does 'clap back' mean?
07:36 - What does 'slap' mean?
08:25 - What does 'go hard' mean?
08:57 - Which Gen Z slang word was new for you?
09:04 - Outro

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[snal]

I stan Emma because of her teaching method always slaps me.😂

[George.y.]

Stan ≈ Stalker + Fan

W ≈ Win
L ≈ Lose

Ghost/ing 👻 ≈ Stop Chatting with someone and Disappearing.

Salty ≈ Someone who get angry Easy

Cap 🧢 ≈ Your Lying

The Tea/T ≈ Gossiping

iykyk ≈ If You Know, You Know

Send ≈ Find something very Funny

💀 ≈ Laugh 'till die

Clap Back ≈ Respond Criticism

Slap/s ≈ something that is Amazing

Go hard ≈ Amazing (usually used in music)

[laurachiar]

Never heard of this 'Gen Z' vocabulary before! I'm really grateful for this video lesson!
So, I give it a try with some of them!
1. Emma's way of teaching English slap, definitely!
2. We all stan 'Pronunciation with Emma' channel!
3. The humanity, genuinity and spontaneity in a teacher's voice is something that goes hard and makes us aware of the greatness hidden in that person! That's a part of what being a teacher, for me, is all about.
4. - trying to create a new acronym 😂: "Emma is not only a W teacher; she's WWW, that stands for Wonderfully, Wittilly, Win"
And about another one: W and I. They could stand for Win and Independent; 'cause the most important thing in life is when you give yourself - 'in primis' - and others the chance of doing something meaningful all your own and through big efforts. Doing something special being an independent person.
You are inspirational.
Thank you from an old lady (I mean a Gen X supporter) who still has the curiosity to learn from people like you!
Keep it up!
🙏

[philippruizlozano]

I'm 29 but this made me feel like I'm 82 😄jokes apart, thank you for taking the time to make this video. It's really useful to understand internet stuff.

[IamU]

I have an example for goes hard
In cricket, , if a team is going to play a knockout game, , which can eliminate a them from the tournament, we say that
"They're gonna go hard at the opponent side".
Like there was a game in this world cup which was really important for Pakistan to win, , then we used it
"Pakistan are gonna go hard at England "
By the way the scenario was really difficult, IYKYK.

[mydearfriend]

I'm gen z but this video taugh me more than my whole life in the internet, no cap. Also I really stan Emma, she always makes great videos like this, her channel really slaps (? lol

[FreakyKami]

W teacher :D the comp slaps :P came here for "cap" (so it was new), but actually finally understood how "stan" was formed (makes so much more sense now). actually got the "send" and "go hard" ones, even though encountered a few times before :) the rest wasn't new but some of the explanations spilled some more light on 'em def :)) salty is way too prominent in gaming communities and a lot of stuff is seen a lot on social media comments and after a few times they're self-explanatory :D
Good vid! Thnx, keep slapping :D

[yaroslavkey]

At last I have opportunities to listen to a native speaker .
I’m grateful to you for such a reasonable explanation and pronunciation and it means you are on a right way.
I sincerely want you to be
Happy
Healthy
Loved
Because you have already deserved it most of all in your life.🌹🌹🌹🇺🇦

[ChowdhuryTotan]

Always teaching with positive vibes! Love you Emma. ❤️

[soumyaraj]

Dear teacher ; vanakkam 🙏
all are new for me. Thanks a lot.
Send and slap are my favorite .

[mostafaengland]

Thank you so much My favourite teacher Emma you are excellent keep going have a good day ⚘ 🎉❤

[dreamsportsz]

Omg! Thanks, Emma. I would love to see this kinda video more often

[clpatel]

You are my lovely and likeable teacher.I have no word to praise you.

[ashikihsan]

Thank you Emma for teaching me these Slang Words. All these Slang Words are new to me. Sometimes I have seen these words spoken by actors in the films, but didn't know the real meaning. Now I know the meaning of these Slang words and how to make sentences with them. You are great Emma

[pra-beenshrestha]

I am gonna be stan of emma as she made me understand about gen z language.

[ρααισνηση]

W Teacher !!! Your class slaps me . I stan k-pop. Their songs are awsome . Iykyk . They post videos by clapping back to the haters . I love them fr .
Nice class love ya !!!

[voiceforhumanity]

Hi mam i have started watching your videos for about 2 weeks & thank you so much your videos are simple and very helpful for me learning english language

[heniberhernanmolinaconstan]

The only one I knew was -ghosting- and that is because someone I had a crush on, blanked me overnight, for reasons I have never found out and I did my own research. Thank you for all these updates in vocabulary and phrases.

[tatiana]

W Teacher❤ This video slaps. I really liked the phrase 'to spill the tea' and the verb 'to ghost'😊

[Science_-]

I watched this video with great laughter since its all coming together now....