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title: "hip · GenZ Decoded"
description: "hip: Fashionable, aware, and in the know about what's current. Example: \"She was always the most hip person in our crowd.\" Meaning and usage."
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# hip

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

**Meaning.** Fashionable, aware, and in the know about what's current.

See it in a sentence

She was always the most hip person in our crowd.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [fetch](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fetch/),[steez](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/steez/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

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

- Boomer · this one

    hip

- Plain English

    fashionable, aware, and in the know about what's current

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## Related slang

- [heavy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/heavy/): Deeply serious, profound, or emotionally intense.
- [heem](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/heem/): A better, upgraded, or superior version of something.
- [Hits](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hits/): Is particularly good or effective
- [hits different](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hits-different/): Feels uniquely better or more impactful than usual.

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