“How a Boomer Couple’s Unexpected Zoo Adventure Captivated Gen Z—And Went Viral!”
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Someone being “delulu” is shorthand for delusional, and it is used to say that someone is out of touch with reality or, more likely, has delusions of grandeur.
Having “drip” means that someone has a unique or cool sense of style and fashion.
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Having “rizz,” and its variants of being a “rizzler” or “rizzing” someone, comes from taking the middle part of the word charisma. It is used to describe someone who has a way with words to either seduce someone or get what they want.
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Many of these terms have been popularized by streamers or TikTok personalities, and they have gone on to be used in marketing campaigns for products, by political candidates, and in movies.
Rizz, in particular, was even named the Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2023.
Viewers loved the couple’s attempt at Gen Z language, with many recognizing the effort it must’ve taken to record. A hilarious blooper follow-up video confirmed those suspicions
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Brian and Linda, who are both in their 60s, uploaded a follow-up video this Tuesday (August 10) in celebration of their viral clip’s success.
“This is how difficult it was to train Directors for Viral Gen-Z Marketing Video,” reads the caption of the blooper reel, which sees the couple struggling to perform the “heart” hand gesture and deliver their lines while keeping a straight face.