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Jeje words? Conyo? Nakahabol ba kayong maintindihan ang mga lenggwaheng 'yan? Naku, keep up, dahil may bago nang mga kataga ang new gen.


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Transcript
00:00Teaching my mom Gen Alpha Slam!
00:30Bad, Skibidi, Best of the Best, Sigma, Talking a Lot, Yappy, Winning, Big W, Lose, Big L, Did Well, 8
00:46I don't understand them. The words they use are different.
00:50She tried to study the words.
00:53I watch their games or sometimes I watch their shows.
00:58Happy and fun. I'm fun.
01:00Why?
01:02Because now she's trying to learn our language and it's also funny the way she sings it.
01:07But NGL, No Cap, Not Gonna Lie, Not Joking, and Mommy Jenny are sometimes confused as well.
01:17We saw our daughter's post and we were like, this is not good.
01:22Gen Z and Gen A are like that. They show the line.
01:29One of her favorite words to use is the word sus.
01:33When my classmates are doing something suspicious.
01:37There are a lot of new words that young people use that are difficult for older people to understand.
01:44These new words are called Socialect.
01:48This is the language of a particular social class.
01:51The context of this or the pretext of this is that they are made fun of by boomers, Gen Z, and Gen X.
02:00That's why they need codes.
02:03They are the only ones who can understand.
02:06And they show it on social media.
02:09This is not only happening in the Philippines, but also in other countries.
02:14Katrina Son reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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