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title: "what’s happening? · GenZ Decoded"
description: "what’s happening?: A casual way to ask what is going on or what the news is. Example: \"Hey, what’s happening?\" Meaning, Boomer usage, and related slang."
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# what’s happening?

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

**Meaning.** A casual way to ask what is going on or what the news is.

See it in a sentence

Hey, what’s happening?

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen Alpha

    [what’s the tea?](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-s-the-tea/)

- Millennial

    [what it do?](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-it-do/),[what's good?](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-s-good/)

- Gen X

    [what's the 411](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-s-the-411/)

- Boomer · this one

    what’s happening?

- Plain English

    casual way to ask what is going on or what the news is

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## Related slang

- [what it do?](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-it-do/): A casual greeting from African American Vernacular English that means what's up or what's going on.
- [what's good?](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-s-good/): A casual greeting that asks what is going on with you, like what's up, usually friendly between people who know each other.
- [what's poppin?](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-s-poppin/): A casual greeting between friends that asks what is going on with you, much like what's up.
- [what's the 411](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/what-s-the-411/): What's the news, information, or gossip?

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