by Josh Pulaski ‘25

Does it sometimes feel like students are speaking a different language? Is it possible that they actually do have their own language? Are you just an old head boomer no cap? If you’re one of the unfortunate souls who still doesn’t know what “rizz” means, then I’m here to help. Keeping up with slang isn’t an easy task, but you’re better off with me than anything that CNN will tell you. I’m here to tell you the truth. I will keep you up to date with all of the most popular slang terms currently being used from “aura” to “zesty”.

Gyatt: Gyatt is an exclamation utilized to give a compliment to someone after they get a new
haircut; (e.g. “Hey Alex, nice Gyatt.”)

Aura: Refers to how someone smells. Aura works on a numerical scale: the higher the number the better the smell, the lower the number the worse the smell; (e.g. “Hey Ryan! Plus 250 aura today!”)

Rizz: Refers to helping someone with their homework; (e.g. “Katie is struggling with her homework Jimmy; you should go rizz her up!”)

Cap/No Cap: Cap means lying: no cap means not lying; (e.g. “This definition is true, no cap!”)

Cooked: A term referring to when there are no bathroom passes left; (e.g. “Mr. Hilburger just caught me cheating, I just got cooked!”)

NPC: Used to describe a classroom with a strict no phone policy. NPC Stands for No Phone Classroom; (e.g. “Hey Alex, stop using your phone. This is an NPC.”)

Fanum Tax: Fanum tax is a new tax policy recently implemented where you have to pay a twenty-five percent tax fee for ‘gender affirmation’ surgery; (e.g. “I want to transition, but I don’t know if I can pay the fanum tax.”)

Mukeblobing: Mukeblobing refers to the act of vomiting into a crowd as a result of getting
nervous during a presentation or public performance; (e.g. “Dude, did you see the debate? Biden looked like he was gonna mukeblob!”)

Glazing: refers to giving/helping someone answered while taking a test; (e.g. “Tom stop glazing Ronald or I will give you a zero on this test.”)

Full Jazz: Refers to a famous prank pulled by a East Mecklenburg High School student in which they yelled full jazz into the PA system and proceeded to play loud jazz music; (e.g. “You gonna full jazz it Sabrina?”)

Mogging: Refers to when someone outperforms a peer in school; (e.g. “Wow Daniel, Alex mogged you there. He scored a 9/10 while you only got 7/10.”)

Sigma: Refers to people who wear goofy mismatched clothes during the day; (e.g. “Looking like a sigma today Todd.”)

Zesty: Refers to someone who has a fun and outgoing personality while inside the classroom; (e.g. “Andrew was acting very zesty today.”)

Now that I have given you sufficient examples on how to use these words in a conversation, it is your job to go into your classroom and use these words to really wow your students with your knowledge of Gen Z slang. They might shrug their head or roll their eyes now that their secret code has been unlocked, but this should help you better connect with your students. You’ll finally be that cool teacher that every student loves and remembers long after they graduate.