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title: "hype · GenZ Decoded"
description: "hype: Excited, or something that stirs up excitement in people. Example: \"Everyone's so hype for the trip.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# hype

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

**Meaning.** Excited, or something that stirs up excitement in people.

See it in a sentence

Everyone's so hype for the trip.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    hype,[amped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/amped/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

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

- Boomer

    [jazzed](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/jazzed/),[psyched](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/psyched/)

- Plain English

    excited, or something that stirs up excitement in people

## Read more on this idea

- [How every generation says excited](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/excited/)

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## Related slang

- [highkey](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/highkey/): Openly, obviously, or intensely.
- [hissy fit](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hissy-fit/): A childish temper tantrum, usually said dismissively about someone making a scene over something small.
- [hyped](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hyped/): Excited or energized about something.
- [in my feels](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/in-my-feels/): Being emotional or caught up in one's feelings, from the shorthand feels.

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