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What the sigma! Top slang revealed

A girl and man sit together outside. The girl has a speech bubble saying "He's a skibidi ohio rizzler". The man has a speech bubble saying "????"."Particularly unhinged": How one journalist described Gen Alpha slang. "Ohio" emerged from a 2021 internet trend in which people posted news articles from the US state of Ohio with the caption "only in Ohio".

Is it all just gibberish? Like almost every generation before them, Gen Alpha now has its own language. But some critics think their unique vocabulary shows young people spend too much time online.