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title: "cream · GenZ Decoded"
description: "cream: To defeat someone decisively. Example: \"Our team creamed them.\" Meaning, Boomer usage, and related slang."
url: "https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cream/"
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# cream

Boomer[#gaming](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/gaming/)

**Meaning.** To defeat someone decisively.

See it in a sentence

Our team creamed them.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [owned](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/owned/),[pwn](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/pwn/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer · this one

    cream,[shellacked](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/shellacked/)

- Plain English

    to defeat someone decisively

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## Related slang

- [take the L](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/take-the-l/): To accept a loss or failure gracefully; own the defeat.
- [clapped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/clapped/): Badly beaten in a match, or unattractive in appearance.
- [EZ](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ez/): Gaming shorthand for 'good game, easy', bragging that a win came easily.
- [FFA](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ffa/): Free-for-all, a multiplayer game mode where everyone competes alone.

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