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title: "clock · GenZ Decoded"
description: "clock: To notice, recognize, or openly call out something. Example: \"I clocked that lie right away.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# clock

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

**Meaning.** To notice, recognize, or openly call out something.

See it in a sentence

I clocked that lie right away.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    clock,[clock it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clock-it/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [I see you](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/i-see-you/),[peep](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/peep/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    to notice, recognize, or openly call out something

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## Related slang

- [chop](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/chop/): To verbally cut someone down or harshly criticize them, often in front of others.
- [clapback](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clapback/): A quick, sharp response to criticism or an insult.
- [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.
- [clock that tea](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clock-that-tea/): To catch and call out the truth behind gossip; to see what is really going on. Blends 'clock' (to notice or see through something) with 'tea' (the gossip or real story), with roots in LGBTQ ballroom culture and Black vernacular. Also said as 'clock the tea'.

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