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YOLO

Millennial#lifestyle

Meaning. Acronym for you only live once, used to justify a spontaneous or risky choice; now dated.

See it in a sentence
I booked the last-minute trip, YOLO.

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

  • Gen Z
    No word for this one yet.
  • Gen Alpha
    No word for this one yet.
  • Millennial · this one
    YOLO
  • Gen X
    No word for this one yet.
  • Boomer
  • Plain English
    acronym for you only live once, used to justify a spontaneous or risky choice

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