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title: "adulting · GenZ Decoded"
description: "adulting: Doing grown-up tasks like paying bills or cooking; a millennial-era word, often self-deprecating. Example: \"I filed my taxes and made a dentist..."
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# adulting

Millennial[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** Doing grown-up tasks like paying bills or cooking; a millennial-era word, often self-deprecating.

See it in a sentence

I filed my taxes and made a dentist appointment, so I'm adulting today.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    adulting

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    doing grown-up tasks like paying bills or cooking

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