Google Trends data shows Americans searched for confusing Gen Z slang terms like ‘chopped,’ ‘glazing,’ and ‘fanum tax’ as social media language evolves rapidly.
If you’ve recently overheard someone say “6-7” or “mogging” and had no idea what it meant, you’re not alone.
A new analysis of the most-searched slang terms of 2025 shows just how quickly Generation Z and Gen Alpha’s social media-fueled language is evolving, leaving even millennials stumped.
Unscramblerer.com, a website that helps solve word puzzles in games such as Scrabble and Words with Friends, analyzed Google Trends data from January through September to identify which slang terms Americans are most confused by, according to reports.
“Gen Z’s slang evolves from the bottom up and is heavily shaped by social media algorithms”, said Yaron Litwin, an expert in kids’ online culture and chief marketing officer for Canopy Parental Control App, which is based in the U.S. and Israel.
“It’s heavy in code-switching, emojis and irony, and spreads through micro-communities online rather than big TV or radio moments like in past generations”, Litwin told Fox News Digital.
Even if older generations are on the same platforms, they likely inhabit different spaces, Litwin added: “It is becoming more difficult to fully understand someone who is only a few years younger than you, let alone a couple of decades.”
That generational disconnect is clear in the slang terms people are now trying to decode. Here are some of the top searches:6-7
The phrase, which comes from the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by rapper Skrilla, was the most-searched slang term with 141,000 lookups. It doesn’t actually have any defined meaning, according to reports, but has come to symbolize the “brain rot” culture caused by endless scrolling online. It later became a meme with basketball player LaMelo Ball, who stands at 6 feet, 7 inches, appearing in edited videos about it.
