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title: "highlighter kid · GenZ Decoded"
description: "highlighter kid: A child or person dressed head to toe in bright neon colors. Example: \"He showed up as a full highlighter kid.\" Meaning and usage."
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# highlighter kid

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

**Meaning.** A child or person dressed head to toe in bright neon colors.

See it in a sentence

He showed up as a full highlighter kid.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

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

- 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

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

- Plain English

    child or person dressed head to toe in bright neon colors

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## Related slang

- [goth](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/goth/): A person associated with dark alternative music, fashion, or subculture.
- [granola](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/granola/): An environmentally aware, outdoorsy, natural-living person.
- [hottie](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hottie/): An attractive person.
- [it girl](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/it-girl/): A person with an effortlessly cool and trendy style.

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