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title: "hard launch · GenZ Decoded"
description: "hard launch: To show off a new relationship online clearly and on purpose, face and all. Example: \"After three months of hints they finally hard launched..."
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# hard launch

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

**Meaning.** To show off a new relationship online clearly and on purpose, face and all.

See it in a sentence

After three months of hints they finally hard launched with a beach photo.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    hard launch

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    to show off a new relationship online clearly and on purpose, face and all

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## Related slang

- [green flag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/green-flag/): A positive sign of healthy behavior in a person or relationship.
- [gyat](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/gyat/): An exclamation of surprise or admiration, often at someone's attractive figure; from god damn.
- [hard up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hard-up/): Desperate or strongly in need of something, including affection.
- [ick](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ick/): A sudden feeling of disgust or turn-off toward someone you were attracted to.

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