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# vibe coding

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

**Meaning.** Building software by telling an AI what you want in plain English and accepting the code it writes, often without fully understanding how that code works.

See it in a sentence

i vibe coded a budget app over the weekend and it mostly works

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

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- Gen Alpha

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- Millennial · this one

    vibe coding

- Gen X

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- Boomer

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- Plain English

    building software by telling an AI what you want in plain English and accepting the code it writes, often without fully understanding how that code works

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## Related slang

- [tweaking](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/tweaking/): Acting strangely or overreacting, as if seeing things that are not there.
- [V](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/v/): A shortening of 'very,' used in texting to add emphasis.
- [WYA](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/wya/): Acronym for 'where you at,' asking someone's location.
- [WYD](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/wyd/): Acronym for 'what you doing,' asking about someone's plans.

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