High school teacher goes viral after sharing his ‘Gen Z term dictionary’ that reveals true meaning behind slang words like ‘eepy’ and ‘rizz’… so how many do YOU know?
- The educator, who goes by Larry Lexicon online, teaches in Vacaville, California
- He took to TikTok to share a series of videos about the latest popular phrases
- It included the definitions behind terms like ‘baddie,’ ‘no cap’ and ‘rizz’
A high school teacher has gone viral after compiling a ‘Gen Z term dictionary’ based on words he has overheard in the classroom.
The California-based educator, who goes by Larry Lexicon online, shared a series of videos to TikTok about the latest popular phrases.
It included the definitions behind terms like ‘baddie,’ ‘no cap’ and ‘rizz.’
Other social media users rushed to heap praise on the insight – but did you know what the terms mean?
The California-based educator, who goes by Larry Lexicon online, has gone viral after compiling a ‘Gen Z term dictionary’
The high school teacher shared a series of videos to TikTok about the latest popular phrases he has overheard in the classroom
His light-hearted educational clips included the definitions behind terms like ‘baddie,’ ‘no cap’ and ‘rizz’
In his first clip, Larry can be seen standing at the front of a classroom as he introduces his slideshow presentation.
He begins: ‘All year long I’ve been listening to you and making a list, which I’ve compiled here for you – the Gen Z term dictionary.’
His class giggle as he continues: ‘You guys can let me know if they’re accurate or if I need to revise them, or maybe you can help me to use them in a sentence.’
Larry, who has garnered more than 1.8 million followers thanks to his light-hearted educational content, then launches into his list of popular new words.
He begins with the term ‘bruh’ which he argues is ‘a staple of the generation.’
The teacher explains: ‘From what I can tell it is just an alternate for “bro” or it can be used as an exclamation.’
Larry goes on to define a whole host of other terms including ‘rizz,’ eepy’ and ‘gyatt’ much to the delight of other social media users.
One wrote: ‘As a 27-year-old this is really helping me, thank you.’
Other social media users rushed to heap praise on the insight – and the clip was so popular that Larry posted two more videos on the topic
Another added: ‘He used all of them correctly! None of my teachers were ever this cool!’
And a third simply said: ‘Not me taking notes.’
The clip was so popular that he posted two more videos on the topic – one of which included Larry asserting that many of the terms actually have roots in African-American Vernacular English.
He told his students: ‘I know you think you came up with a lot of these words, but you didn’t, and they’ve been around for a long time.
‘They kind of make their way into society, and into your lexicon, through pop culture and things like hip hop music and stuff. And they sneak their way into your daily vocab.’
Larry continues: ‘But a lot of times these terms and the language associated with these terms is looked down upon by society as uneducated or something like that.
‘But then what happens is it makes its way into like, white suburbia, and you get a middle-aged dorky white dude mislabeling it just for a whole generation as a term dictionary.
‘And it ends up erasing the importance of it, and the impact that it has on culture.’
He then decides to retitle his guide as ‘The AAVE-inspired Gen Z term dictionary’ before concluding: ‘The mistake was just simply due to ignorance on my part.
‘But that’s OK, because all you’ve got to do is learn. I just write the feedback that I got, studied a little bit and learned and now I’m not so ignorant anymore.’
‘But being willfully ignorant and not doing anything about it — not so OK.’
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