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Is Gen Z talking about you behind your back? Youngsters have started using video game terms including 'NPC' and 'sidequests' in their everyday conversations - so, do you know what these slang words mean?
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April 12, 2024
From 'beef' to 'bare', it's safe to say that many members of Generation Z have their own language. Now, a Harvard-trained linguistics expert has revealed how Gen Z (those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s) have started to use video game terms. Just as previous generations have used sports metaphors as part of everyday language, video games are now becoming part of how young people understand the world, according to Adam Aleksic. So whether you're being called an NPC, getting asked 'where we dropping?', or doing sidequests, it turns out that Gen Z could be talking about you behind your back. Thankfully, help is at hand, as we've compiled a list of some of the most common video game terms - and what they mean in Gen Z's modern dictionary.