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title: "dog water · GenZ Decoded"
description: "dog water: Very bad at something, especially a video game. Example: \"He kept missing easy shots and the chat called him dog water.\" Meaning and usage."
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# dog water

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

**Meaning.** Very bad at something, especially a video game.

See it in a sentence

He kept missing easy shots and the chat called him dog water.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    dog water,[mid](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/mid/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

    [bogus](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bogus/),[wack](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/wack/)

- Boomer

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

- Plain English

    very bad at something, especially a video game

## Read more on this idea

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

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## Related slang

- [cringe](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cringe/): Awkward or embarrassing to witness.
- [dayroom](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dayroom/): Basic, dull, and thoroughly uninteresting; boring.
- [duh](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/duh/): A sarcastic expression meaning something is obvious.
- [duke it out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/duke-it-out/): To fight someone in a physical altercation.

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