Millennials are sharing trending words from their time that younger people have no idea about

Every generation comes with its own lifestyles, preferences, and trends. Even the language had different additions and subtractions based on age group and what they believed to be cool and fun. While many are still learning Gen Z slang, the millennials, too, have their own set of slang and trends that they are still proud of. There was a time when millennials used terms that left older people in wonder. Even today, the mention of these words leaves younger people dumbfounded, trying to guess what it could possibly mean.

Similarly, u/WhiskeyZebra shared a post on the r/Millennials forum on Reddit asking fellow millennials to share the terms from the 90s. The post read, "We older millennials have all experienced the moment of a younger person using a word we don’t know. But have there been times you used a word that was commonly used by our generation and someone younger than you had no idea what it meant?" With a whopping 5,700 comments, people spilled the beans on the popular wordplay that Gen Zs have no clue about. These 10 steal the show. 

1. Hanging chad

"Explaining what a hanging Chad was to a Gen Z was soul crushing." -u/Traditional-Emu-7376. "I made a hanging Chad reference in a workgroup chat. One of the young do-gooders thought I was talking about hanging a member of a different department named Chad." -u/bigjoebowski22

2. Wind it

"I’m 36, went to a music festival a couple of weeks ago, where a similarly aged friend brought her 22-year-old brother. He had a disposable camera and kept trying to take a picture of us with it. I’m like, 'You have to wind it.' Blank stare. 'You have to wind the little wheel!' Blank stares and tries hitting the button again. This went on for about a minute before my friend left the picture pose and wound it for him." -u/GreenSpleenRiot

3. Served

"'You just got served!' Served what?" -u/wunderhero

4. Booyah

"'Hahaha BOOOYAH!' I said this to my 2-year-old yesterday and she thought it was hilarious. My 13-year-old, predictably, could only groan." -u/StrictWitness3003

5. Discman

"I was telling my 8th grade daughter a story from when I was her age and referencing my 'discman.' She got visibly annoyed and eventually interrupted me to ask in frustration who discman was." -u/harlameme. "I hope you answered by saying, 'Walkman’s younger brother.'” -u/hereforthetearex

6. Pound

"Pound instead of hashtag." -u/Penguin161542. "Oh man. I had a younger coworker call me asking for the gate code of a customer. I said, 'It's pound (whatever the the code was).' There's silence on the line. I thought the call dropped. I asked if he was still there. 'I don't see a button that says pound. Am I supposed to punch it?' 'F**k*n hell. Try hashtag (code).' 'Got it! Thanks!' I feel so old." -u/Captain_Munkey

7. Greetings

"Kid came into my classroom and in a sing-song voice said 'heeeeeyyyyyy' so I of course responded, 'Hooooooo!' And then had to explain that I was not, in fact, calling them a h*." -u/EastTyne1191

8. The DL

"A couple of years ago, I asked one of my teenage scouts if we were keeping something 'on the dl' and got a blank face. 'On the down low?' Still a blank face. 'A secret?' Scout: 'Oh! Yes.'" -u/Lavendar_r_dragon

9. Busting your chops

"I said 'busting your chops' to a guy I was messing with and he had legitimately never heard that phrase in his life. He was super confused." -u/Blathithor

10. Shizzle

"'Foshizzle.' Stopped the conversation." -u/SuccessfullyEntry1993