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title: "yap · GenZ Decoded"
description: "yap: To talk a lot, often without saying much of substance. Example: \"He'll yap for an hour about nothing.\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# yap

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

**Meaning.** To talk a lot, often without saying much of substance.

See it in a sentence

He'll yap for an hour about nothing.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    yap,[yapper](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yapper/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

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

- Gen X

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

- Boomer

    [motor mouth](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/motor-mouth/),[yakking](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yakking/)

- Plain English

    to talk a lot, often without saying much of substance

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## Related slang

- [ya feel me](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/ya-feel-me/): A casual phrase asking whether the listener understands or agrees.
- [yakking](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yakking/): Talking a lot, especially idly or excessively.
- [yapper](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yapper/): Someone who talks excessively and rarely lets others get a word in.
- [yapping](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yapping/): Talking excessively or rambling on.

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