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title: "roast · GenZ Decoded"
description: "roast: To mock or criticize someone sharply, often in public. Example: \"They roasted him for that haircut.\" Meaning, Millennial usage, and related slang."
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# roast

Millennial[#social](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/social/)

**Meaning.** To mock or criticize someone sharply, often in public.

See it in a sentence

They roasted him for that haircut.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [drag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/drag/),[dragged](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/dragged/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    roast

- Gen X

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

- Boomer

    [chop](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/chop/),[cut down](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cut-down/)

- Plain English

    to mock or criticize someone sharply, often in public

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## Related slang

- [real](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/real/): An emphatic way to agree or say 'seriously' and 'true.'
- [ride or die](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ride-or-die/): Someone you are committed to for life, like a lifelong friend.
- [roll through](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/roll-through/): Invite someone to come by or join in person.
- [savage](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/savage/): Fierce, bold, brutally blunt, or without any mercy.

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