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title: "polyester · GenZ Decoded"
description: "polyester: Describes something that comes across as cheap, generic, or fake, from a low-effort edit to a staged lifestyle post. Meaning and usage."
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# polyester

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

**Meaning.** Describes something that comes across as cheap, generic, or fake, from a low-effort edit to a staged lifestyle post.

See it in a sentence

That edit is 100% polyester.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    polyester

- 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

    describes something that comes across as cheap, generic, or fake, from a low-effort edit to a staged lifestyle post

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## Related slang

- [phony](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/phony/): A person pretending to be something they are not.
- [played out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/played-out/): Overused, outdated, or no longer cool.
- [poser](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/poser/): Someone who pretends to be cool or part of a scene without being genuine.
- [put the fries in the bag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/put-the-fries-in-the-bag/): A put-down that casts someone as a fast-food worker, used to say the speaker thinks they are beneath notice or should go get a real job.

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