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title: "rad · GenZ Decoded"
description: "rad: Excellent, cool, or impressive; a shortened form of radical. Example: \"That skateboard trick was totally rad.\" Meaning, Gen X usage, and related slang."
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# rad

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

**Meaning.** Excellent, cool, or impressive; a shortened form of radical.

See it in a sentence

That skateboard trick was totally rad.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

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

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X · this one

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

- Boomer

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

- Plain English

    excellent, cool, or impressive

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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

- [phat](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/phat/): Excellent, cool, or attractive; a term of high praise.
- [Purr](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/purr/): Expression of approval
- [right on](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/right-on/): An expression of strong agreement, approval, or encouragement.
- [rock with](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/rock-with/): To really like or support someone or something.

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