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title: "canon event · GenZ Decoded"
description: "canon event: An unavoidable, formative experience you shouldn't interfere with. Example: \"Getting your heart broken young is a canon event.\" Meaning and usage."
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# canon event

Gen Z[#funny](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/humor/)

**Meaning.** An unavoidable, formative experience you shouldn't interfere with.

See it in a sentence

Getting your heart broken young is a canon event.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    canon event

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    unavoidable, formative experience you shouldn't interfere with

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## Related slang

- [aura points](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/aura-points/): Imaginary points added or subtracted from your coolness based on how smooth or awkward you act.
- [bruh](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bruh/): An exclamation of disbelief, disappointment, or emphasis.
- [dead](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dead/): So funny you can't handle it; figuratively dying of laughter.
- [delulu](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/delulu/): Delusional; holding unrealistic or overly hopeful beliefs, often about a crush.

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