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title: "high-key · GenZ Decoded"
description: "high-key: Used to express open, obvious excitement or emphasis; the opposite of low-key. Example: \"I'm high-key obsessed with this song.\" Meaning and usage."
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# high-key

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

**Meaning.** Used to express open, obvious excitement or emphasis; the opposite of low-key.

See it in a sentence

I'm high-key obsessed with this song.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    high-key,[highkey](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/highkey/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    [big-time](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/big-time/)

- Plain English

    used to express open, obvious excitement or emphasis

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## Related slang

- [hang in there](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hang-in-there/): A phrase encouraging someone to keep going through difficulty.
- [hella](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hella/): An intensifier meaning very or a lot, characteristic of Northern California speech.
- [hoco](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hoco/): Short for Homecoming, the school dance and its festivities.
- [ijbol](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ijbol/): Acronym for 'I just burst out laughing', used like lol to show genuine amusement.

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