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title: "fly · GenZ Decoded"
description: "fly: Very cool or stylish. Example: \"Those kicks are fly.\" Meaning, Millennial usage, and related slang."
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# fly

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

**Meaning.** Very cool or stylish.

See it in a sentence

Those kicks are fly.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [fetch](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fetch/),[steez](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/steez/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    fly

- Gen X

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

- Boomer

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

- Plain English

    very cool or stylish

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## Related slang

- [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.
- [fresh](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fresh/): Cool, stylish, or impressive, especially in appearance.
- [fuego](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fuego/): Spanish for fire, used in English to call something excellent, and a common way to say food is really good.

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