(WSYR-TV) — If you've been on TikTok, Instagram or X, you might have come across the terms "Rizz," "Coquette" and "Pookie" and thought, "What does that even mean?"
On TikTok, a favorite among US teens, it's not hard to encounter the slang.
But which terms are people most confused by? Language education resource Anna Spanish recently dug through Google search data to find the most searched-for words.
The study found that "Pookie" is the most confusing Gen Z slang word, with 465,480 searches seeking its meaning.
"Though many languages exist, slang changes particularly fast. Every generation comes up with its own set of slang terms," said Anna Latorra, founder of Anna Spanish. "Keeping up with the latest slang can be tough, however, [and even] more so with social media’s power to turn phrases into overnight sensations."
Out of over 150 trending Gen Z slang words on Google, other top-searched terms are "Gyat" (264,500 searches), "Simp" (220,880), "Rizz" (201,000), and "NPC" (88,400).
Here's a list of the most trending/confusing Gen-Z slang along with their meanings from Urban Dictionary.