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title: "eat · GenZ Decoded"
description: "eat: To perform excellently; when you 'ate,' you did great. Example: \"She ate that performance up.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# eat

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

**Meaning.** To perform excellently; when you 'ate,' you did great.

See it in a sentence

She ate that performance up.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    eat,[ate](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ate/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [killed it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/killed-it/)

- Gen X

    [aced it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/aced-it/)

- Boomer

    [nailed it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/nailed-it/)

- Plain English

    to perform excellently

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## Related slang

- [down with](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/down-with/): In favor of something, or happy to go along with it.
- [dub](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dub/): A win.
- [fetch](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fetch/): Cool or trendy; popularized by Mean Girls and often used ironically.
- [fire](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fire/): Excellent, exciting, or impressive.

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