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title: "dig · GenZ Decoded"
description: "dig: To understand, appreciate, or like something. Example: \"I really dig the way you painted that mural.\" Meaning, Boomer usage, and related slang."
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# dig

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

**Meaning.** To understand, appreciate, or like something.

See it in a sentence

I really dig the way you painted that mural.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [FW](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fw/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [mess with](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/mess-with/),[rock with](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/rock-with/)

- Gen X

    [down with](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/down-with/)

- Boomer · this one

    dig

- Plain English

    to understand, appreciate, or like something

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## Related slang

- [da bomb](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/da-bomb/): The best; something excellent or outstanding.
- [def](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/def/): Excellent or cool; also used to mean definitely.
- [dope](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dope/): Excellent, cool, or high quality.
- [down with](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/down-with/): In favor of something, or happy to go along with it.

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