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title: "faded · GenZ Decoded"
description: "faded: Intoxicated, usually from smoking marijuana or getting high. Example: \"He was faded by noon.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# faded

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

**Meaning.** Intoxicated, usually from smoking marijuana or getting high.

See it in a sentence

He was faded by noon.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    faded,[cross fade](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cross-fade/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

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

- Boomer

    [blitzed](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blitzed/),[twisted](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/twisted/)

- Plain English

    intoxicated, usually from smoking marijuana or getting high

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## Related slang

- [cross fade](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cross-fade/): Being intoxicated by two substances at once, such as alcohol and cannabis.
- [crossfaded](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/crossfaded/): Intoxicated from alcohol and marijuana at the same time.
- [flavored air](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flavored-air/): Slang for vaping or the vapor from an e-cigarette.
- [hammered](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hammered/): Extremely intoxicated, wasted, or drunk from alcohol.

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