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title: "doing you · GenZ Decoded"
description: "doing you: Being true to yourself regardless of others’ opinions. Example: \"Ignore them, just keep doing you.\" Meaning, Millennial usage, and related slang."
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# doing you

Millennial[#social](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/social/)

**Meaning.** Being true to yourself regardless of others’ opinions.

See it in a sentence

Ignore them, just keep doing you.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [based](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/based/),[BDE](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bde/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    doing you,[you do you](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/you-do-you/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    [badass](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/badass/),[do your own thing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/do-your-own-thing/)

- Plain English

    being true to yourself regardless of others’ opinions

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## Related slang

- [do your own thing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/do-your-own-thing/): To act according to one's own values or preferences.
- [doing the most](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/doing-the-most/): Being excessive, over-the-top, or trying too hard.
- [drag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/drag/): To mock, criticize, or publicly humiliate someone.
- [dragged](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dragged/): Publicly mocked, criticized, or thoroughly roasted.

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