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title: "cook · GenZ Decoded"
description: "cook: To perform impressively or do something skillfully. Example: \"He got on the mic and started to cook.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# cook

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

**Meaning.** To perform impressively or do something skillfully.

See it in a sentence

He got on the mic and started to cook.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    cook,[ate](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ate/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

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

- Boomer

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

- Plain English

    to perform impressively or do something skillfully

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## Related slang

- [buttah](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/buttah/): Smooth, easy, and impressive; something done seamlessly.
- [cash](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cash/): Awesome, cool, or excellent; something that impresses.
- [cooking](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cooking/): Cooking is often used to describe someone excelling at a task or performing exceptionally well.
- [copacetic](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/copacetic/): Completely fine, in good order, or satisfactory.

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