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the 411

Meaning. Information, news, or gossip.

See it in a sentence

Give me the 411 on what happened.

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

Gen Z
spill the tea,tea
Gen Alpha
No word for this one yet.
Millennial
deets
Gen X · this one
the 411
Boomer
the skinny
Plain English
information, news, or gossip

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How every generation says gossip

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Related slang

take a seatGen Z

A dismissive, sarcastic way to tell someone to stop or back off.

Gossip or the latest dramatic news.

Authority figures or the establishment seen as controlling ordinary people.

the skinnyBoomer

Inside information, news, or gossip.

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