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title: "awesome · GenZ Decoded"
description: "awesome: Excellent or outstanding. Example: \"That show was awesome.\" Meaning, Millennial usage, and related slang."
url: "https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/awesome/"
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# awesome

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

**Meaning.** Excellent or outstanding.

See it in a sentence

That show was awesome.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [bomb](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bomb/),[buttah](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/buttah/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    awesome

- Gen X

    [all that and a bag of chips](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips/),[blazing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blazing/)

- Boomer

    [far out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/far-out/),[groovy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/groovy/)

- Plain English

    excellent or outstanding

## Read more on this idea

- [How every generation says that's excellent](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/thats-excellent/)

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## Related slang

- [ate and left no crumbs](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ate-and-left-no-crumbs/): Did something so well that nothing could be criticized.
- [Ate that](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ate-that/): Did something exceptionally well
- [bet](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bet/): An expression of agreement, approval, or acceptance of a challenge.
- [blazing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blazing/): Excellent or first-rate. Used as strong approval, and especially common as praise for food.

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