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cortisol-coded

Gen Alpha#lifestyle

Meaning. Stressful-looking; said of a routine, room, schedule or setup that makes you tense just seeing it, even when it is sold as calming.

See it in a sentence
15 steps before 7am?? that morning routine is so cortisol-coded

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

  • Gen Z
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  • Gen Alpha · this one
    cortisol-coded
  • Millennial
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  • Gen X
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  • Boomer
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  • Plain English
    stressful-looking

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