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title: "just kidding · GenZ Decoded"
description: "just kidding: A phrase used to reveal that a statement was a joke. Example: \"I ate the last slice, just kidding.\" Meaning, Boomer usage, and related slang."
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# just kidding

Boomer[#funny](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/humor/)

**Meaning.** A phrase used to reveal that a statement was a joke.

See it in a sentence

I ate the last slice, just kidding.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen Alpha

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

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

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

- Boomer · this one

    just kidding

- Plain English

    phrase used to reveal that a statement was a joke

## Read more on this idea

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

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## Related slang

- [in denial](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/in-denial/): Unrealistic or refusing to accept reality.
- [jk](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/jk/): An abbreviation for just kidding.
- [Ohio](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ohio/): Slang for anything strange, cursed, or embarrassing, treating the state as a place where only weird things happen.
- [only in Ohio](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/only-in-ohio/): A tag added to bizarre or cursed content, joking that something this strange could only happen in Ohio.

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