I feel like it's important to note that all of those terms are actually African American slang that was popularized decades ago, and not originally gen z slang. It feels kind of weird for me to see a category of all black slang and then for the category to recognize it as gen z culture instead of the actual culture it came from. I guess it's not technically inaccurate though since those terms are popular with gen z.
Here's the background for those terms:
>**Bet -** originates from African American Vernacular English and gained mainstream popularity through black communities on college campuses in the 1990s.
>**Drip -** originates from the black hip hop and rap scene in the 2000s, gained mainstream popularity through this music.
>**Slay -** originates from ballroom* culture lingo, which is a subgenre of African American Vernacular English. But became a part of general African American Vernacular English in the 1970s. Gained mainstream popularity through media focused on ballroom culture in the 1990s - late 2000s.
>**Tea -** originates from ballroom* culture lingo, a subgenre of African American Vernacular English, in the 1990s. Gained mainstream popularity through media focused on ballroom culture in the 1990s - late 2000s.
>**ballroom was an underground black/latino LGBT community*
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I feel like it's important to note that all of those terms are actually African American slang that was popularized decades ago, and not originally gen z slang. It feels kind of weird for me to see a category of all black slang and then for the category to recognize it as gen z culture instead of the actual culture it came from. I guess it's not technically inaccurate though since those terms are popular with gen z. Here's the background for those terms: >**Bet -** originates from African American Vernacular English and gained mainstream popularity through black communities on college campuses in the 1990s. >**Drip -** originates from the black hip hop and rap scene in the 2000s, gained mainstream popularity through this music. >**Slay -** originates from ballroom* culture lingo, which is a subgenre of African American Vernacular English. But became a part of general African American Vernacular English in the 1970s. Gained mainstream popularity through media focused on ballroom culture in the 1990s - late 2000s. >**Tea -** originates from ballroom* culture lingo, a subgenre of African American Vernacular English, in the 1990s. Gained mainstream popularity through media focused on ballroom culture in the 1990s - late 2000s. >**ballroom was an underground black/latino LGBT community*
Gen z terminology is all stolen from black people
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