Hadar Shemesh and Asaf break down Gen Alpha slang for parents trying to keep up. "Riz" means charisma, "Ohio" is an insult for cringe, "mid" means average or bad, and "mewing" is a jawline exercise. They also cover "kyat," "aura," and "Sigma."
You are Riz and I'm Ohio. Is this okay? Look.
Yeah, I guess. Squibbi Toil has so much Rizz. Like, it's like a wrestler. Like, he's such a Sigma.
This video is so ri. No, I can't say that, can I. Can I say this video is Riz?
No.
No. Hi, everyone, it's Hadar. Thank you so much for joining me today. I have a guest with me. His name is Asaf and Asaph and I will talk about Gen Alpha slang. So, as a mother to two tween girls, I often come across the slang. So I decided to bring a friend of mine. His name is Asaf. Say hi, Asaf.
Hi.
And he will help us understand a little bit more about Gen Alpha slang. Now, would you recommend people like me, who are obviously not Gen Alpha, to use the slang regularly?
No.
No. Why not?
Because you won't use it properly.
We won't use it properly even after watching this video? Maybe you mean that if we use the slang, we're going to be very Ohio?
Yeah.
If you don't know what Ohio means, stay tuned because we are going to talk about it. If you're new to my channel, my name is Hadar. I'm a non native speaker of English and I'm here with Asaf to help you speak English confidently and clearly, even if it's in 10 auf. Exactly. Asaf, how many languages do you speak?
Four. Four? Five.
Oh, my God. Tell me.
Wait, no.
10.
10? No. English? Spanish, Hebrew.
Yes.
Kalilan, Catalan and maybe French.
And maybe French. Oh, and you know what? You forgot Gen Alpha.
Yeah.
What language do you feel most comfortable in?
Hebrew or English or English?
In what language do you think? In English. English. So cool. Inside the brain of a multilingual child. All right, so let's get started.
Yeah.
Okay, good. So the first word that we are going to talk about is Riz. What is Riz?
Riz is like you have charisma.
Charisma. So it means like someone who is a charmer. Yeah. Yeah. How do you call someone who has Riz a rizzler. A rizzler. Are you a rizzler, Sef?
I don't know.
You're a rizzler. You have rizz. What is kyat?
A butt.
A butt. I would ask you to put it in a sentence, but maybe we can skip to the next one. Okay, so get is a but. Okay, good. This is really interesting because my daughters do that all the time. What is mewing?
It's like improving your jawline.
You're Improving your jawline. Yeah. And why in the world an 8 year old person needs to improve their jawline?
For photos.
For photos. Okay. Good. To look good.
Yeah.
Okay. And how do you do that?
Put your tongue on top of your gum and then with here.
The teeth.
The teeth. You.
You clench your teeth.
Yeah.
Oh, I see this. Got it. Does it hurt?
A little.
Okay. Don't mew at home. What is Ohio?
It's like an insult.
It's an insult. So if I say, oh, you're such. You're. How do you say it? You're so Ohio. You're such an Ohio. So that means that you're what? Like, like. Yeah, like cringe? Yeah, like. Like the opposite of Riz.
Yeah.
So like you are Riz and I'm Ohio. What else is an insult? How about mid?
Mid? Yeah.
Yeah. Because if someone says, oh, you're so mid. That's not good. So mid is like average, like middle. Like somewhere in the middle. But it's an insult.
Kids like, use it more as like really bad.
Really bad. Because nowadays average is bad probably. Right? So we don't want to be mid. We want to be Riz. Skibidi toilet. But when I say skibidi toilet, I'm just Ohio. Okay. What else?
Aura.
Aura. What's aura?
It's like cool.
Cool.
Like if you're cool, you're just cool. And then you get like 10,000 aura points along. Okay, you just get Aura points.
Aura points. I like Aura points. Can I get some Aura points? Okay. Oh, I know one more. Speaking of aura and cool and Riz Sigma. What's Sigma?
It's like you have aura.
Oh, you have aura. Okay, got it. So Sigma is like, like a cool person.
Yeah.
Yeah. So I'm Sigma.
Yeah.
He had no choice. He had no choice. Is there anything else you think people should know about you? About Gen Alpha? About your slang?
I don't think so.
Okay, good. Does that mean that we are done with the video?
Yeah.
Okay.
What year was your first video?
If you see it now, you're gonna laugh at me. It was when I taught how to say world. I said how to pronounce world.
World.
World. This is how I spoke. I'll show you later. What do you think about making mistakes in a second language? In a language that is not your native language? How do you feel about it?
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing. But do you think it's like it's a bad thing it's Ohio. Or is it. How do you deal with it?
You just say that it's not your native language or something.
So when you make a mistake in say what? Catalan, then do you feel bad? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. But you know that because you speak so many languages, it's okay to make mistakes. You know that. You know that making mistakes is a big part of speaking a second language. The fact that you make mistakes means that you know another language. You know that?
Yeah.
Good. And knowing many languages is a powerful thing. It's really Riz. You know that?
Yeah, it's.
It's sigma. Am I using it wrong?
Yeah, you can't say Riz.
I can't say Riz. Okay. It's great. It's just awesome. It's fantastic. Assaf, thank you so, so much. It was great having you here. Guys, if you want me to bring Asaf as a guest again, let us know in the comments. Right, do this, do this. And what do we need to say now at the end of the video?
Peace out.
Peace out. No. Hit like hit like hit.
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