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title: "gas · GenZ Decoded"
description: "gas: A great time or something highly enjoyable. Example: \"That party was a total gas from start to finish.\" Meaning, Boomer usage, and related slang."
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# gas

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

**Meaning.** A great time or something highly enjoyable.

See it in a sentence

That party was a total gas from start to finish.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

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

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    [a blast](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/a-blast/),[rager](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/rager/)

- Boomer · this one

    gas

- Plain English

    great time or something highly enjoyable

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## Related slang

- [freaking out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/freaking-out/): Reacting with intense emotion or panic.
- [fried](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fried/): Fried is often used to describe feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or burned out.
- [go ballistic](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/go-ballistic/): To become suddenly and extremely angry, with a loss of control.
- [going ape](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/going-ape/): Acting wildly, recklessly, or in an out-of-control way.

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