Trying To Talk Like Gen Z

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

🚨 See the tables turn when we quiz Lola on Gen X slang: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5-Ul5erfJioaK8

[@sarah-phillips]

All of this is so fantastic. I like to use the slang way too much to irritate my children. It’s not sus.

[@MrsWheezer]

A few months ago my youngest took a bite of something and said, ‘This is bussin bussin.’ I popped back with ‘no cap’. All three of my kids froze and dropped their jaws. It was one of my most epic parenting wins. 😂😂😂🤣

[@juancabardo21]

What a parent you are. Bravo

[@peacefulhome6]

haaahaaaa my kids are to young to know these words. i thought teen lingo was weird when i was a teen so i don't think when my kids start talking in code it will be any better. like, when everyone said something was "sick" i always thought that was a bad think....who want's to be ill....but they always said it like it was a good thing 🤷‍♀️

[@tweety34ful]

Lol to funny 😂

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

So your kids are talking like hood peasants, And you think that you joining them is some kind of win? America is fkkd

[@TKHobbs-oq1ei]

That’s awesome! 😂😂😂

[@emhaley]

This caused my son to run from the room. So you nailed it. No cap.

[@theholdernessfamily]

I'm so cringe. LOL!

[@dianajones4639]

LOL! This is the ultimate proof of it. She “understood the assignment”.

[@Mama_Bear524]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@LynnCooks]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Teenlife13hattie]

@@theholdernessfamily hi

[@gweneththompson2209]

I love how your voice goes all Valley Girl when you try to use Gen z talk LOL.

[@theholdernessfamily]

I'm probably trying too hard 😆

[@jessiebaker4439]

I loved Lola's looks to you and the camera. Dead. On. Teenager. You can't pretend those annoyed looks, the girl's got it perfected. 😂

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

PERFECTED

[@angelajohnson4245]

@@holdernessfamilylaughs But, she's still sweet about it, because she loves you and you two are awesome parents. She knows it. She just won't be "allowed" to admit until her mid to late twenties.... But, it'll be so Sweeeeettt when she does. 😁🤗

[@EricDaMAJ]

It’s hysterical Lola’s actual voice sounds so much more mature than Kim’s.

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

I agree!

[@jeremyud]

I think Kim's experiences as a cheerleader permanently modulated her voice for life.

[@sealdungan5075]

She does have a great voice!

[@jocastajones561]

Lol, as a middle school teacher I hear these things in the wild, like language immersion, so I USUALLY understand and use most of them correctly. Shocks my teenager.

[@GaryLiseo]

When I taught middle school this past year I told one of our support staff she should write a dictionary for us to understand Gen Z

[@lighthouse_23_]

"in the wild" lmao

[@zezmcguffin5190]

“You live rent free in my head..and my house!” Idk why this made me laugh so much but that’s just hilarious🤣🤣

[@Procopius464]

It's a not so subtle reminder of who is ultimately boss.

[@franceslarsen4037]

It's so endearing at the end, Lola gently trying to convey that when there's the "eagerness" and parental yearning to connect, it taints the chill delivery, thereby causing a tone of somewhat nerdy/goofy (but lovely because of the sentiment!) vibe:). I hope this came out right!

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

YES! She's really so kind and patient with her cringey parents : )

[@franceslarsen4037]

@@holdernessfamilylaughs Awww... She gets that compassion from you, I'm sure:)

[@ginnykemerer2708]

LOL I stopped the video and went to ask my 16-y/o son what 'bussin' meant before Lola got to explain it and he said, "EW, no, MOM that's dead already." It was only with extreme reluctance (and after extracting my promise not to use it) that he would explain. Thank you for enabling conversation with teenagers...even if it drives them up the wall.

[@davebirch1976]

As a gen x I'd just like to say this video was wicked/Hella good/excellent. Also if your kids get annoyed at you for trying to talk like them just tell them to take a chill pill.

[@theholdernessfamily]

Now you are speaking my language. Thanks, bro.

[@juanitaglenn9042]

Oh I must be a natural but with the vintage vibes! I tell my son to 'chill, yo' all the time😅 I also get excited about whatever and do a little mini dance and say 'yeet,yeet' once in awhile. 🤪

[@shaunsteele8244]

I'm Gen X and I've never used any of those words. Except maybe "excellent", after watching Bill & Ted

[@davebirch1976]

@@shaunsteele8244 to be honest "wicked" was a 90s one and quite popular in the UK

[@kisalei]

yassssss💯‼️

[@eobrien1]

When you asked if you should yeet Lola out of the car, I lost it. 😂 Thoroughly enjoyed this as an elderly millennialXennial high school teacher who works with Gen Z

[@pam7825]

“Are we still doing this?” Hilarious! This Boomer loved this video despite not understanding the lingo!! So good to see Lola again. Y’all make me smile!! 😊

[@theholdernessfamily]

so glad we make you smile 🙂

[@islagoo]

She’s not a boomer! She’s Gen X! 💜😆😊

[@MizBryteEyez]

They were almost all used incorrectly anyway. A good response to "Are we still doing this?" Would be "Totes" 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@sherried4219]

me too on lingo, im a boomer lol

[@cheryldueck318]

“You live rent free in my mind…and my house.” 😂

[@theholdernessfamily]

Here is your Gen Z slang vocabulary guide: theholdernessfamily.com/a-guide-to-gen-z-slang/

[@thebookdragonmom]

Thanks a ton.

[@May_Dittup]

I've gotten my friends kids to start saying "That's double-decker bussin" when something is really good 😆

[@cruzinbosco]

😂 I love that!

[@daveevans7151]

So awesome! I like to add a "yo" to the end of them all too...not really correct but adds more cringe to it. And then to use this one completely off, like "that's bussin the table, yo (yes, first job was a bus boy at a rest). They love it when I talk like this!

[@juliebaird4539]

As a Gen X with Gen Z children please keep making these informative videos….. I may not use these terms in my own speech but I need to know what they mean 😉

[@theholdernessfamily]

welcome to our new parenting educational channel 😂

[@ashhutchison8532]

What’s GenX? L boomer

[@TheCompbuzz]

What's after Gen Z? Do we go back to A or numbers or both? If we have Gen A1 will there be a lot of steak jokes?

[@edstar83]

@@ashhutchison8532 The real cool generation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaXKomqQebuhh8k

[@Procopius464]

Ask your kids what the words mean, and if they can't tell you then tell them to stop using that vocabulary. That's what I do.

[@paigehinkle91]

I’m a millennial, and this is reminding me how long it’s been since I’ve been in high school. I understood practically none of that lingo. 😅

[@Procopius464]

I'm an older millennial (1981) and to me all the Gen Z talk sounds like someone who doesn't speak English as their first language. Have you ever wondered where all this comes from? At some point this lingo had to be introduced into the system.

[@laurabuckles7961]

I always assume that if I'm aware of a slang word and actually understand it, the kids aren't using it anymore and have moved on to something else, so I don't even try. :) Also, a repairman recently called me "dear" which is code for "really old lady"...kinda wanted to yeet him out the nearest window.

[@samanthacrowder3509]

🤣 I'm a 90's kid and have no understanding at all of this lingo! It all sounds ridiculous to me haha but the same goes for them to us so 🤪 love you all!

[@chriscon8463]

Please tell me we didn’t sound that way to our parents in the ‘90s…

[@1PrayerWarrior4]

I'm a 90's kid, too! The only reason I understand this stuff is because I'm a teacher and this forces me to learn it. 😂

[@katholeenloveit8923]

@@chriscon8463 I am so sure we did. My kids say this stuff and they did so in front of my mom and she told me I looked like she did back then.

[@lady_kikilee]

My kids (that are still at home) are 15 and 16 and every other day they're saying a new word that I swear I have either 1) never heard or 2) never heard in this context and I am always mildly confused. 😅Then they have the nerve to refer to the things I say as "old people words." They'll understand one day. That's what I've been telling myself for the last dozen or so years. 🤞

[@theholdernessfamily]

We call those words "vintage" and somehow it doesn't feel so bad that way. 😆

[@hmkay420]

Just make em uninstall tiktok eventually they get cured

[@lauran.9427]

@Kiki....Same exact situation at my house...lol....🤪🤪

[@amiablehacker]

@@hmkay420 lol I don't think TikTok is the issue.😂

[@JessaJones]

The fact that your daughter put up with it is pretty clutch. Mad props… from a mom in NY

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

She is definitely bussin.

[@kisalei]

As a middle school teacher for the past decade I can honestly say that I can't keep up. Every year its something else for the same thing. Great video!

[@JonathanACarr]

Lola's looks of pity and contempt are epic.

[@Popceedz]

Why teens stay in their room 🤣🤣🤣 Love you guys so much

[@cheyennemundy9681]

My Gen X mom had a similar experience with her Silent Generation mom though. She called my aunt a "Pip" one day. My grandmother got upset with my mom and told her that they don't use that word in their house. Turns out my grandmother thought that my mom called my aunt a pimp. She had to had to explain Gladys and The Pips to my grandma and play some of their music for her. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mama_Bear524]

Omg 😂

[@jettqk1]

And here I am as a late gen-xer bordering millennial thinking "a pip" is a quirky person.

[@cheyennemundy9681]

@@jettqk1 perhaps it started with Gladys and The Pips? I don't, lol, never thought to ask my mom more about it and why it was used as slang.

[@bigjohn08865]

I thought a "pip" meant a really unbelievably annoying person as in "You had me cut your sandwich a particular way and use only creamy but not crunchy peanut better. You are a pip, you know that?"

[@cheyennemundy9681]

@@bigjohn08865, that would definitely make sense. My mom and aunt are polar opposites and were always at each others throats as teenagers, so they probably both called each that.

[@dwigamaniac]

I will rattle off every new word I hear just to make my kids as uncomfortable as possible, I mean why else did I become a parent? 😆

[@Mama_Bear524]

Exactly

[@UTMomof4]

I love it when my teens say I'm "cringe" for using their words!

[@carolinadipadova1841]

This is 90% of my motivation to continue being a high school teacher. 😂😂😂😂

[@CoralandTeal]

My 7 year old- mom. You're kind of embarrassing..... Me: that's what parents are for honey. It's in our job description.

[@kristinal2451]

Exactlyyyy

[@geekyballerina5836]

I made my 17yo watch this with me and her reaction was priceless. I’m pretty sure she’s looking into early graduation now 😂

[@stephaniewegner3775]

Totally understanding what our parents went through in the 90s with all of our lingo they couldn't get! Long live the 90s!

[@shaunsteele8244]

I was a teen in the 90s and I don't remember using any dumb words like this lol

[@jasonchappina8319]

I do remember everyone, of all ages,using the word "literally " correctly. That one annoys me more than anything.

[@hazeloveu]

You two are so cute together! Loved this. I didn’t understand half of it, but it was funny.

[@theholdernessfamily]

glad we made you laugh

[@rksnj6797]

Lola is amazing on how she can keep a straight face with you guys as parents!!! Love your videos!

[@swim_reni2946]

“Tried the middle part. It’s a whole VIBE. I mean it just hits different” you are making this weird. THAT GOT ME DYING!!!

[@numinaluna]

Conversation w/ my 14yo niece: Me (elder Millennial): "Was that cringe?" Niece: "We don't say cringe anymore." Me: "Oh, no! Has cringe been yeeted?" Niece: *facepalm* Me: "That was even more cringe, wasn't it? Thanks, fam." 🤣🤣

[@HighQualityCrystal]

The endings of your videos, with real life conversation, are my favorite parts 😂

[@belugalll3329]

0:35 Lola thinking of her reason to exist 😂

[@belugalll3329]

Lola’s face of being uncomfortable

[@justAbigailsinging]

Lol I sent this to my mom because she does this exact thing with my siblings and me 😂 how your channel remains so relatable every time is beyond me but it does

[@theholdernessfamily]

thanks for being here with us, no cap

[@GeekFilter]

I love that Lola is just staring at the camera, and the car isn't moving but cut to Kim and she's driving away and you can see the background moving! That may not have been intentional but it really works!

[@dagman85]

I was thinking the same exact thing.

[@benwilley7188]

I've tried some of these same "teen slang" phrases and received back almost the same responses that you did and exactly the same facial expressions. It made me lol! 😁

[@virginiadeel8087]

My child seriously said mom your70s I'm not.

[@laurajones6486]

Laughed so hard. This was a great skit.

[@theholdernessfamily]

glad we made you laugh

[@suzannebert3652]

Thank you for the longer video. Lola sure is growing up. This is all new terminology to me lmao

[@theholdernessfamily]

thanks for watching

[@zacharybarnhart334]

No one said “slay” the entire time so I’m going to need a new video 😂

[@ryanworkman3032]

At some point I gave up on trying to learn my kid's lingo and decided they needed to learn mine

[@dagman85]

I remember my parents trying to tell me how a lot of the things I was saying were actually pretty vulgar because of what they referred to. I wasn't ready to hear any of it at the time, and I was sure they were completely out of touch and 100% wrong. Now I look back and realize they were absolutely correct, and I didn't have a clue what I was saying. Oops.

[@eml818-l3b]

Love Lola ! 😂 “ just stop” ….she’s a keeper ! Great job. Kim just wait til you do Those snap chat pics with your grandkids!

[@michaelritchie5303]

Lola has great dead pan comedy instincts.

[@kelseytate6269]

Hahahaha "should i just yeet you out the car". Perfectly done kim.

[@vanessarothwell]

As a Gen X with no kids this is eye opening and confusing to me. I am so out of touch!

[@nineandthree-quarters6707]

I fervently agree!

[@aquaseahorselove3939]

I’m Gen X with no kids, too. As a 52 year old woman, I don’t want to talk like a 15 year old kid. I can understand now what my parents thought of me talking valley girl in the 80’s. 😂

[@karlaps3994]

I was born in 1991 and currently don't have kids. I don't understand a single word of this.

[@EricaGamet]

@@aquaseahorselove3939 Are you me? Haha... I feel the same and feel bad for my mom.

[@shaunsteele8244]

I'm Gen X with toddlers (got a late start), so I'm going to be extra confused in about 10-15 years

[@valeriehinkle8995]

I didn't even keep up with the lingo when I was younger. 80s-90s. Cool beans was as cool as I got. Lol

[@Mama_Bear524]

Same

[@garmbeliblis]

2:32 "we're still doing this" ROFL

[@mikejaqua4604]

When Lola just exited the car at the end...😅🤣🤣😂😂

[@aurawolf4053]

why do I relate so much more to Kim when talking with my classmates then to Lola.

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

ha!

[@TokuBoyStudios]

"How do you do fellow kids"

[@lacey6800]

The funniest part was "Should I just yeet you out of the car?" Like 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭 Oh and the snap "Hey boo" Lolllll

[@mmm_L.817]

Every time I ask my son what something means, he can't tell me either, just examples....😂

[@hepcatliz]

Oh the end had me crying laughing!! You both succeed, great parent moment AND you embarrassed her so hard she had to leave the car. Well done 😅😂😂

[@dahliavarghese6037]

Your daughter was the highlight of this video ☺ Reminds me of Julia Stiles!

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

Thanks! She gets that a lot from people. 🙂

[@dahliavarghese6037]

@@holdernessfamilylaughs One of my fave movies is 'Save The Last Dance' released in 2001 wayyy before Lola's time 😊 Thank you for your family vlogs, they really brighten my day & are very well written! 🎬👏🏾

[@AdamPresley]

As a Gen X dad, you guys nailed it, dead ass. At least I think that's how my daughters say it...

[@Allen2]

Lola got some minimal coaching for this video, and the rest is natural, no cap. Yeah, facts.

[@ragreen2]

"You're not cringe ... but ..." So much cringe 🤣

[@monykalynf3604]

Lola's expression is OMG!!! DYING here!

[@leighswain6524]

Lola is so beautiful and grown up! I love when you make videos as a family.

[@sophie-ph5gm]

Lol I’m loving this video this is super relatable

[@theholdernessfamily]

thanks for watching, no cap

[@WK_Jetz]

@@theholdernessfamily let me guess, Kim wrote this comment?

[@ChaimS]

It's so nice seeing the kids in the videos again, we've missed them!

[@JuneRaeder-MacKinnon]

As a baby boomer I have never heard most of these terms. Maybe I'm not around young people...LOL

[@megangibson4331]

TOTALLY guilty of urban dictionary usage! Rewatched with my teens, and they were irritated when I wanted to know "what's up with that?" 😆

[@genxtigress]

Omg I needed subtitles for this

[@busymama7903]

I am 🤣 right now and that is straight up FACTS! 😂🤣😂 I have a 16 year old and a 20 year old at home and this is MY LIFE!!!

[@goldenwing5960]

This may have been a skit, but the "pleeeeaaase get me out of here!" energy was so real! At one point it looked like she was considering jumping out of the moving car!

[@ShannonHarper]

I love that the kids are only in the videos when they want to be. It makes the channel so natural feeling

[@justsomenobody889]

I'm an older millennial and was pleasantly surprised to realize that I actually know most of these already, mainly from hanging around in the KZbin comments more than I probably should 😅

[@Laurieohio]

Lola, I'm older than your parents and I'm with you-we cannot learn new words! 😁 Also, NONE of my kids would accept me on Snapchat. They told me to go back to Facebook because that is for "older people".

[@theholdernessfamily]

Oh no they didn't! 😜

[@Mama_Bear524]

Mine told me that too! 😩😂

[@charitys.3862]

@@theholdernessfamily That's whack!

[@lindasevers5109]

I've been out of the middle school classroom for under a year and I'm already lost! Bwahahahaha! My adult children hated it when I naturally spoke middle school.

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

I think the lingo changes daily so it's easy to get behind. 😆

[@davidberczek8554]

Aw! I remember when you used to do lingo videos with your hip niece and now it's Lola! 😭 She's so grown up!

[@theholdernessfamily]

How did that happen?! 🥺

[@natashaw401]

Bloopers r often the best parts of these

[@krystieacacia]

Laughing to tears here! Love it!

[@autumn7143]

I just have to look at my daughter and say check the tilt-scape and she laughs. I don’t even try to keep up with the lingo and she has always preferred that.

[@westernredcedar4033]

We used to laugh hysterically when my dad tried to use our teen slang - in the 1970's. I still haven't figured out what yeet means.

[@meganofsherwood3665]

To toss, chuck, or throw oneself, somebody else, or a thing at high velocity, sometimes with a sort of cartoon-y humor. At least I think that's what it is - I'm a young millenial who has been mentoring Gen Z-ers for a few years now, and I'm 90% sure that's right XD

[@YayForHappiness]

@@meganofsherwood3665 As a GenZ child, that is correct.

[@meganofsherwood3665]

@@YayForHappiness Excellent, thank you!

[@cheyennemundy9681]

Oh my, my 24 year old step daughter is on Snapchat. Her Dad and I are an age gap couple, I'm 26 and he's 53. He asked me a few years back what Snapchat is. When I told her about that later on, her response was that her dad is too old to know what Snapchat is! 🤣 I'm very much a Millennial though, once she said to me she was wearing booty shorts and I asked her if that was the same as Daisy Dukes. We were both left confused, she didn't know what Daisy Dukes are.

[@pambronson4467]

Here is my easy explanation.... Daisy Dukes are super short cut off denim. Bootie shorts are (effectivly) the style of waitress uniform bottoms from Hooters.

[@AKFrozenKiwi]

Loved this! I would love to see a “reverse” of this - your kids reacting to you using Gen X lingo (if you haven’t already done that?)

[@holdernessfamilylaughs]

We have! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5-Ul5erfJioaK8

[@FrancisCanlon]

This is so hilarious and recognizable 🤣😂😆 ! Even for me, now 54, laughing with my mom, 85 how out of touch I am and we are with the current Gen Z, meaning my brothers children 😆

[@kressten]

I love this! Cuz I gotta understand GenZ! Hahaha

[@foxwaffles]

low key this is so accurate tho 🤣

[@alisonchalmers8288]

Oh my gosh. Lola looks so gorgeous and grown up! ❤️

[@jonogren5567]

Hadn't seen her in along time. Very pretty.

[@Houndlover10]

"I understood the assignment ".lol...love that song tho

[@Ehou8888]

This brought me physical pain

[@jessicastarkey1229]

I’m 27 and literally don’t understand anything kids say anymore 😆 Signs of getting old already I guess!

[@leedanielson7452]

Wait till you’re in your 60s like me you barely understand anything anyone says lol

[@bigjohn08865]

"You live rent free in my mind and in my house." - No lie, I LMAO at that one.

[@lindsaysmith6105]

Literally me trying to have a conversation with my 7th grade students. Love it 😂

[@truthandlove0]

Your daughter did not act, her cringe for your use of these words was genuine 😂

[@thehorseman1806]

I've been called cringe twice, totally made my day

[@llamasugar5478]

I don’t mind being cringe, but cheugy is another story! It’s highly gratifying to see auto fill try “chew gym” for cheugy. 😅

[@bossyboots5000]

Yeah, own that shit lol

[@merry191]

Too funny. This is how I talk to my 5th grade students. I love acting silly with them.

[@Drnaynay]

Great to see Lola back!!! We missed her!

[@litebrite8993]

As a Gen X with no kids, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video!! THANK YOU!! For helping me to understand what the neighbours kids are talking about!! 🤣😂 p.s. Your daughter is incredibly patient and kind and has a great sense of humour! Well done you two! You have done an incredible job as parents!! 🥰 Hats off!! 🤠👍

[@karriburkhart4367]

Should I just yeet you from the car? 🤣😂🤣😂 That killed me! Lola did spot on annoyed teenager! 👍🏼

[@carolea1629]

🥺🥺🥺🥺 *Lola is growing up so fast* 🥺

[@deannmiller4758]

When Lola just got outta the car i lost it.

[@Cyclonedc]

At the end. It was hilarious that the car was moving when on Kim, but stationary lola.

[@kennyhodges3713]

So great to see Lola again. We've missed her.

[@Popceedz]

This is EXACTLY how my parents are. Lola, I'm sry!😉🤣

[@theholdernessfamily]

Us parents are so cringe

[@duvalfamily4605]

No cap - our teenage daughter is so much like Lola, and we're totally like Kim and Penn! 🙂 Thanks for the ever-relatable laughs!