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title: "clapback · GenZ Decoded"
description: "clapback: A quick, sharp response to criticism or an insult. Example: \"His clapback to that comment was brutal.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# clapback

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

**Meaning.** A quick, sharp response to criticism or an insult.

See it in a sentence

His clapback to that comment was brutal.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    clapback,[clap back](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clap-back/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [burn](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/burn/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    [comeback](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/comeback/)

- Plain English

    quick, sharp response to criticism or an insult

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## Related slang

- [chad](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/chad/): A stereotypically confident, dominant, popular, good-looking man.
- [chop](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/chop/): To verbally cut someone down or harshly criticize them, often in front of others.
- [clock](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clock/): To notice, recognize, or openly call out something.
- [clock it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clock-it/): Said when someone notices or calls out something true, or to point out a detail worth noticing.

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