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title: "dank · GenZ Decoded"
description: "dank: Excellent or high quality, often describing memes. Example: \"That's a dank meme.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# dank

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

**Meaning.** Excellent or high quality, often describing memes.

See it in a sentence

That's a dank meme.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    dank,[bomb](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bomb/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [awesome](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/awesome/)

- Gen X

    [all that and a bag of chips](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips/),[blazing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blazing/)

- Boomer

    [far out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/far-out/),[groovy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/groovy/)

- Plain English

    excellent or high quality, often describing memes

## Read more on this idea

- [How every generation says that's excellent](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/thats-excellent/)

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## Related slang

- [cracked me up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cracked-me-up/): Made someone laugh very hard.
- [cursed](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cursed/): Describes something unsettling, unlucky, or giving bad vibes.
- [doggo](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/doggo/): Affectionate internet term for a dog, from DoggoLingo meme culture.
- [dox](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dox/): To publish someone's private information online, usually maliciously.

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