ContextPhrase · Ages 8-20 · In use
Gen Alpha
The generation born from about 2010 onward, after Gen Z. Most kids in school today are Gen Alpha.
That's such a Gen Alpha thing to say, you're cooked.
For parents and educators
Neutral. Teens sometimes use it to tease younger kids for brainrot words.
Where it came from
A label from researchers and marketers that kids and teens now use themselves, often in jokes about 'Gen Alpha slang'.
Also heard as
generation alpha, gen a
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