If you're still using the laughing emoji to LOL, Gen Alpha thinks you're out of touch

• Nicole Pellegrino was schooled by her sister and her sister's friend about new Gen Alpha slang.
• They were shocked she still uses "slay" and the laughing emoji, and taught her about "GYAT."
• Gen Z viewers in their 20s said the video made them feel absolutely ancient.

Slang trends birth and mutate so frequently nowadays it's impossible to keep up. Have you heard of Skibidi toilet? The "millennial pause"? Do you use the laughing emoji to signify that you're laughing out loud? Chances are, Gen Alpha — the generation of kids and teens born after 2010 — thinks you're way off trend. Sorry.