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title: "Hits · GenZ Decoded"
description: "Hits: Is particularly good or effective. Example: \"This coffee hits after pulling an all-nighter.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# Hits

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

**Meaning.** Is particularly good or effective

See it in a sentence

This coffee hits after pulling an all-nighter.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    Hits,[bomb](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bomb/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

    [all that and a bag of chips](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips/),[blazing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blazing/)

- Boomer

    [far out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/far-out/),[groovy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/groovy/)

- Plain English

    is particularly good or effective

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- [How every generation says that's excellent](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/thats-excellent/)

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## Related slang

- [heem](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/heem/): A better, upgraded, or superior version of something.
- [hip](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hip/): Fashionable, aware, and in the know about what's current.
- [hits different](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hits-different/): Feels uniquely better or more impactful than usual.
- [I see you](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/i-see-you/): A way of saying you noticed what someone did, or how they look, and you respect it.

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