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title: "npc · GenZ Decoded"
description: "npc: Someone who seems to act on autopilot or lacks original thought, like a background video-game character. Example: \"He says the exact same thing every..."
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# npc

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

**Meaning.** Someone who seems to act on autopilot or lacks original thought, like a background video-game character.

See it in a sentence

He says the exact same thing every morning like an npc.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    npc

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    someone who seems to act on autopilot or lacks original thought, like a background video-game character

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## Related slang

- [not](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/not/): Tacked onto the end of a sentence to reverse it into the opposite.
- [Not the](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/not-the/): Expressing disapproval or disbelief
- [on blast](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/on-blast/): To publicly expose or call someone out for what they said or did.
- [phony](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/phony/): A person pretending to be something they are not.

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