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title: "freak · GenZ Decoded"
description: "freak: A person associated with countercultural or unconventional style. Example: \"The freaks gathered near the record shop.\" Meaning and usage."
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# freak

Boomer[#appearance](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/appearance/)

**Meaning.** A person associated with countercultural or unconventional style.

See it in a sentence

The freaks gathered near the record shop.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [eboy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/eboy/),[egirl](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/egirl/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [emo kid](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/emo-kid/),[scene kid](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/scene-kid/)

- Gen X

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

- Boomer · this one

    freak

- Plain English

    person associated with countercultural or unconventional style

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## Related slang

- [flava](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flava/): A distinctive personal style, the thing that makes something recognisably yours.
- [fox](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fox/): An attractive person.
- [get ripped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-ripped/): To work out and diet until your muscles look sharply defined, an approving way to describe a body goal.
- [get swole](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-swole/): To lift and train until you are very muscular, usually said as a gym goal, half serious and half joking.

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