chronically online

Gen Z#internet

Meaning. Spending so much time on the internet that your views and jokes stop making sense to people offline; usually a put-down, sometimes said about yourself.

See it in a sentence

arguing with strangers about a cartoon for six hours is so chronically online

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

Gen Z · this one
chronically online
Gen Alpha
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Millennial
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Gen X
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Boomer
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Plain English
spending so much time on the internet that your views and jokes stop making sense to people offline

Related slang

caught in 4kGen Z

Caught doing something with clear, undeniable proof.

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chatGen Z

A way of addressing your audience or friends as if livestreaming, often for a reaction.

#internet

clankerGen Z

A slang insult for a robot or AI.

#internet

clickbaitMillennial

Low-quality online content designed mainly to attract clicks.

#internet

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