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title: "Serve · GenZ Decoded"
description: "Serve: To look or perform exceptionally well. Example: \"Your outfit is serving looks today!\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# Serve

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

**Meaning.** To look or perform exceptionally well

See it in a sentence

Your outfit is serving looks today!

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    Serve,[ate](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ate/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [killed it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/killed-it/)

- Gen X

    [aced it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/aced-it/)

- Boomer

    [nailed it](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/nailed-it/)

- Plain English

    to look or perform exceptionally well

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## Related slang

- [S-tier](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/s-tier/): The very best, top of the ranking, borrowed from video game tier lists where S sits above A.
- [score](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/score/): A success or lucky gain.
- [sick](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/sick/): Cool, awesome, or impressive; excellent in an exciting way.
- [slaps](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/slaps/): Is excellent, especially about music.

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