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title: "you do you · GenZ Decoded"
description: "you do you: A phrase encouraging someone to act according to their own preferences. Example: \"I wouldn’t wear that, but you do you.\" Meaning and usage."
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# you do you

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

**Meaning.** A phrase encouraging someone to act according to their own preferences.

See it in a sentence

I wouldn’t wear that, but you do you.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [based](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/based/),[BDE](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bde/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    you do you,[doing you](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/doing-you/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    [badass](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/badass/),[do your own thing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/do-your-own-thing/)

- Plain English

    phrase encouraging someone to act according to their own preferences

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## Related slang

- [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.
- [you the birthday](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/you-the-birthday/): Said of someone who is the center of attention, either as praise for owning the moment or as a dig at someone acting extra and expecting to be fussed over.
- [yuppie](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/yuppie/): A young, well-paid city professional, said with an edge about their materialism.

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