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Millennial mom struggles to translate Gen Alpha kid’s slang — here’s what ‘Ohio’, ‘Sigma’ and ‘mewing’ mean

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Millennial mom struggles to translate Gen Alpha kid’s slang — here’s what ‘Ohio’, ‘Sigma’ and ‘mewing’ mean

Gen Alpha slang or just pure gibberish? A millennial mom enlisted her 10-year-old daughter to teach her some new slang terms, but was left utterly flabbergasted when she could barely decipher them. Jennifer Maxwell, a North Carolina mom and content creator who boasts more than 22,000 followers on TikTok, attempted to guess the meanings of … Read more

‘Whomp whomp, sigma, gyat’: Mom translates hilarious tween speak on Instagram

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‘Whomp whomp, sigma, gyat’: Mom translates hilarious tween speak on Instagram

Tweens and teens have always used language and phrases that push boundaries and set them apart from us ‘elders.’ Back in the 1990s my parents rolled their eyes at me when I yelled “as if!” one too many times, and now it’s my turn for eye rolling when my boys call me “bruh” or say something cryptic about … Read more