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title: "cooking · GenZ Decoded"
description: "cooking: Cooking is often used to describe someone excelling at a task or performing exceptionally well. Example: \"He's cooking up a storm for the dinner..."
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# cooking

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

**Meaning.** Cooking is often used to describe someone excelling at a task or performing exceptionally well.

See it in a sentence

He's cooking up a storm for the dinner party.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    cooking,[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

    cooking is often used to describe someone excelling at a task or performing exceptionally well

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## Related slang

- [cash](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cash/): Awesome, cool, or excellent; something that impresses.
- [cook](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cook/): To perform impressively or do something skillfully.
- [copacetic](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/copacetic/): Completely fine, in good order, or satisfactory.
- [da bomb](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/da-bomb/): The best; something excellent or outstanding.

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