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
No word for this one yet.
Millennial · this one
attention whore
Gen X
No word for this one yet.
Boomer
hard up
Plain English
hostile term for someone the speaker thinks deliberately provokes reactions to be noticed

A handsome, stylish, confident, well-dressed older man.

A former romantic interest who ghosts you and later resurfaces.

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.