attention whore

Millennial#dating

Meaning. A hostile term for someone the speaker thinks deliberately provokes reactions to be noticed.

See it in a sentence

The comments accused her of being an attention whore for posting it at all.

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

Gen Z
down bad,simp
Gen Alpha
Haven't found the match yet.
Millennial · this one
attention whore
Gen X
Haven't found the match yet.
Boomer
hard up
Plain English
hostile term for someone the speaker thinks deliberately provokes reactions to be noticed

A romantic partner; a term of endearment shortened from babe, popular in the early 2010s.

Short for babe or baby, used affectionately, often for friends.

Big d--- energy: an air of relaxed, quiet, unbothered confidence.

A quirky but harmless trait in a partner that is neither good nor bad.