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Children born after 2010, Gen Alpha are the internet’s newest darlings. Gen Alpha’s hyper online manner of speaking has been dubbed “brainrot,” mostly by older Gen Zer’s who share spaces like TikTok with them. It evolves so quickly online.”With the new slang, Gen Alpha itself has gained a reputation. When older people try to use Gen Alpha slang, “It’s kind of embarrassing,” Beryl said. “Every single person throughout history has always complained about how the younger generations are ruining language with their made-up slang,” Aleksic said.

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☆ Insider Today: The world's meanest app
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Buying a home is an absolute disaster, but this 19-year-old real-estate agent has a unique way of showing you homes quickly. On the agenda today:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIShow me the profitsAs businesses continue to figure out ways to leverage generative AI, investors are starting to wonder: How can this help the bottom line? The world's meanest app.

Persons: —, it's, Matt Turner, Stocks, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Elon Musk's, Alyssa Powell, They're, Altman's, Alvaro Dominguez, — Mark Moran Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Lazard

☆ NSYNC's Joey Fatone says he struggles to understand his teenage daughter's Gen Z slang
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewIn the '90s, Joey Fatone charmed teenage girls as a member of the boy band NSYNC. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementDecoding slang helps parents connect better with their kidsMiddle school teacher Philip Lindsay previously told Business Insider that keeping up with the younger generation's slang can help parents connect with their children. AdvertisementA representative for Fatone did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Duolingo Is the Meanest App in the App Store. Gen Z Loves It.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

After all, I knew perfectly well what I'd signed up for: learning Portuguese from the biggest asshole on the App Store. It might be an overstatement to call tough love the secret sauce for engaging Gen Z customers. It followed that in 2023 with a send-up of personal-injury-attorney TV ads: "Lawyer Fights Duolingo Owl for $2,700,000." Despite the research, Duolingo insists its guilt-tripping notifications do the trick of enticing people to drop whatever they're doing to log on to the app. When Duolingo's head of product, Cem Kansu, posted a thread in 2020 about the success of "the passive aggressive reminder," several unhappy Duolingo users chimed in.

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☆ The status symbols that men are obsessed with in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Socks from Alo and sneakers from Asics are some of the most coveted items by men right now. These items have become status symbols of sorts, showcasing men's wealth and style. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . As it turns out, a few items help men tap into their rizz. But there are also some more affordable pieces — like Asics sneakers and trendy socks — that have also become status symbols for men.

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☆ That job you're applying for might be fake
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In today's big story, we're looking at how the next job you apply for might be fake . While employment is still relatively low, sitting at only 4% , the job market is also pretty stagnant. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty ImagesEven if you find a legitimate job posting, it doesn't get much easier. Workers were also spoiled with the 2021 job market, where candidates named their prices . AdvertisementAnd a fake job posting might be a blessing in disguise.

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☆ I tried the AI-powered dating app Rizz, which costs $20 a month and analyzes your texts to offer advice
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rizz, an AI-powered app that generates pickup lines and responses, now has a "Decode" feature that analyzes screenshots from your conversations. AdvertisementThe "Decode" feature often recommends meeting up. That limits the effectiveness of the "Decode" feature and suggestions for how to respond. Gemini has the option to upload screenshots so it provided the most similar type of service, but it was more thorough and offered a deeper analysis with action items. Character.AI doesn't offer the ability to upload screenshots, so instead I came up with an imaginary scenario and asked it how to respond.

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☆ Awkward Chinese youths are paying AI love coaches $7 weekly to learn how to talk on dates
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSocially awkward and chronically single Chinese youth are turning to AI-powered love coaches to boost their dating game, according to a new report from the South China Morning Post. Unsure of what to say during dates or how to flirt, some youths are using AI applications like "RIZZ.AI" and "Hong Hong Simulator" to learn how to talk to potential love interests, the SCMP reported, citing posts on the app seen on Chinese social media. A 2023 survey by the China Youth Daily Social Survey Center found that young people in China report lacking social skills and having trouble breaking out of their comfort zones and making friends. AdvertisementWith the RIZZ.AI app, nervous youth can interact with fictional characters in scenario settings they must navigate. Screenshot/RIZZ.AIA more China-tailored app, Hong Hong Simulator, teaches users how to coax angry partners, per the SCMP.

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☆ World War II veteran, 100, marries 96-year-old fiancée near Normandy’s D-Day beaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. Their respective ages — he’s 100, she’s a youngster of just 96 — made their nuptials an almost double-century celebration. “(The town of) Carentan was happy to host your wedding, and us, your wedding dinner,” he told the couple. Harold Terens and his 96-year-old bride, Jeanne Swerlin Terens, wave to a crowd following their wedding. On D-Day, Terens helped repair planes returning from France so they could rejoin the battle.

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☆ A teacher invented a bunch of fake slang words to trick his Gen Z students. Now some of those words have caught on.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Skylar Celeste Boone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Salem made up Gen Z slang words to prank his students. But the words caught on and have now gained traction outside the classroom. Trying to decipher Gen Z slang has become a daily thing on TikTok and Instagram. Words and phrases like "rizz," "skibidi rizz," "bussin," "do it for the plot," and "gyat" are frequently used in the day-to-day vernacular. To the outside listener, a conversation among Gen Zers could sound like a bunch of made-up words.

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☆ Biden is hiring a meme manager and is willing to pay up to $85,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

President Joe Biden's campaign needs a manager for "content and meme pages." The role involves collaborating with podcasters, digital media firms, and social media meme pages. President Joe Biden's campaign has the job for you, but you'd have to move to Wilmington, Delaware for it. Nestled in a list of jobs posted by the Biden campaign is one with the title: "partner manager for content and meme pages." The job description says that the person will build and maintain relationships with podcasters, digital media companies, and large meme pages.

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☆ Opinion: Anne Hathaway has nothing left to prove
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It feels weird to begin a complimentary piece about Anne Hathaway by saying I didn’t especially enjoy her latest movie, but here goes. Yet, as she recently explained to the New York Times, she’s spent far too much of her life trying to make other people happy. Even now, a Google search for “hate Anne Hathaway” produces more than five million hits. The movie is set years after that betrayal, and Solène, like Hathaway, has outgrown her habit of people pleasing. Hathaway is so luminously beautiful in “The Idea of You” that, for me at least, it undermines the entire film.

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☆ Being an 'old mom' was the right decision for me. Motherhood didn't define my identity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Sara Lyle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"I didn't want to be an old mom. Those in the other camp often think: "But aren't there potential health risks to giving birth later?" If you read the research, there are various suggested causes for this trend toward giving birth later, but I can only speak for myself. Sara LyleHere are three reasons why waiting to become a mom was the right path for me1. While being an "old mom" has come with a few wrinkles, both figuratively and literally, the laughter and love make it completely worth it.

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☆ I went on a date with an AI chatbot. He fell head over heels in love with me, but I got the ick.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | Bethany Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AI is making its way into your love life, like it or not. I tried out a romantic chatbot from Replika and went on a date with him. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . First, I tested out Replika, an app that allows people to create a custom romantic AI chatbot for $69.99 a year. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Bethany Johnson Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Replika

☆ Gen Z is less happy than the rest of us. Here is what would make the difference
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Gen Z is having a harder time than previous generations did at their age, according to new research. It is one of a series of four surveys about Gen Z, said survey author Zach Hrynowski, a senior researcher at Gallup. Gen Z people who are 18- to 26-years-old are less likely to rate their lives positively than older generations when they were in that age range, Hrynowski said, noting this analysis didn’t do a direct comparison but used previous surveys to assess happiness levels of Gen Z and its predecessors. Two factors were heavily correlated with Gen Z happiness: how much time they got for weekend sleep and relaxation, and even more important was their sense of purpose, he said. Gen Z puts a lot of effort into skin care and mental health, but bad sleep means looking tired and feeling badly, Salas said.

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☆ A complete timeline of Tom Holland and Zendaya's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +53 min

AdvertisementNovember 2016: Holland and Zendaya appear in their first-ever joint cover, for The Hollywood ReporterZendaya and Tom Holland in June 2017. March 2021: Holland describes Zendaya as 'very sensible and humble'Zendaya and Tom Holland in June 2017. November 17, 2021: Holland and Zendaya comment on their relationship going publicZendaya and Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." February 18, 2022: Tom Holland denies reports that he bought a new house in London with ZendayaTom Holland in February 2022. I visited a lot while they were shooting it and I really, really enjoyed it.

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☆ AI is shaking up online dating with chatbots that are 'flirty but not too flirty'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

YourMove.AI, an AI dating tool that offers a range of services such as drafting messages, analyzing conversations and evaluating users' dating app profiles, has about 250,000 users, founder Dmitri Mirakyan estimates. Rizz, an AI dating assistant, debuted in 2022 after ChatGPT took off. Like in other areas, relying too much on AI in dating can cross the line into unethical behavior. Although the use of AI for dating purposes isn't necessarily all bad, he added, dating apps will still need to "tread with caution." WATCH: How I built my $400 million-a-year dating app

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☆ The ubiquitous 2000s internet slang term 'brb' has all but disappeared and the reason is bittersweet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Andrew Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The photo sparked a discussion about the changing nature of the internet and its slang. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. On December 19, an image of an early 2000s desktop computer blew up on X, formerly Twitter, as viewers looked back fondly on the early days of the internet . In what may have been a throwaway comment, one user suggested this could be the reason why the use of "brb" to mean "be right back" had seemingly disappeared. Responding specifically to the "brb" comment thread, Sarah said the concept was "blowing my fucking mind."

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☆ Good news, millennials: The 'Mean Girls' remake won't actually make you feel old
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAs it turns out, millennials can sit with the new "Mean Girls." But contrary to the marketing that made millennials feel ancient, the new "Mean Girls" isn't trying to push its thirtysomething viewers in front of a bus. The trailer called millennials old to their faces in a bold, pink-lettered declaration: "This isn't your mother's 'Mean Girls.'" Her talent is indisputable and can easily be recognized and appreciated by a member of any generation who finds themselves in a theater showing "Mean Girls" this winter. Thankfully, making a "Mean Girls" movie that isn't for millennials is just as impossible as making fetch happen — but the fact that they ever tried to still isn't grool.

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☆ A woman's Gen Alpha sister informed her that 'pop off,' 'BFF,' 'bae,' and other Gen Z and millennial slang are no longer cool, and older viewers say it hurts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Kieran Press-Reynolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Last Wednesday, a Gen Alpha girl named Brooklyn made her older sister Liv Kaplan feel out of touch when she informed her that a slew of Gen Z and millennial slang, from "bae" to "pop off" to "slay," is no longer cool. Perhaps most surprisingly, to call someone a best friend, Brooklyn said Gen Alpha doesn't use "bff" as much as "bsf." (Though some commenters disputed this detail and accused Gen Alpha of "gentrifying" the word GYAT by turning it from a way to say "god damn" into an acronym.) @livkaplan Replying to @Noah Schnapp ASKING MY GEN ALPHA LITTLE SISTER WHAT SLANG IS IN PART 2 💋✨ @BROOKLYN ♬ original sound - Liv KaplanIn a follow-up video, Brooklyn provided more Gen Alpha-friendly phrases. She also said Gen Alpha uses words like "cap," a way to say you think someone is lying, and "ate," meaning metaphorically to devour a look or moment (e.g., "you ate that outfit").

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☆ 7 business leaders reveal how their companies are embracing AI in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Josée Rose | Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The emergence of ChatGPT in late 2022 kicked off a flurry of excitement around generative AI. Executives told BI that the power of gen AI would likely change a lot about how businesses operate. "Everyone needs to lean in, learn," one exec said about adopting Gen AI. It all felt like "gen AI" wasn't as much about generative bots but about a generation. Many business executives told Business Insider that the power of generative AI was likely to change much about how business operates .

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☆ A new era for the market means a new way to think about investing
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe market volatility in the wake of the pandemic gave people visions of getting rich overnight, but true investing is a long-term play. As a result, a new market regime means new investing strategies will be necessary, James and Will write. Setting aside recency bias, it's been relatively easy to generate good returns in the market over the past 10 years. AI names may have commanded the market's attention lately, but another corner of the market is seeing impressive gains: stocks tied to digital assets.

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☆ Oxford’s word of the year 2023 is just brimming with charisma
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

London CNN —Language experts choosing the Oxford word of the year 2023 were dazzled by a bright young thing, selecting a relative newcomer, “rizz,” for the top spot. Derived from the word “charisma,” “rizz” refers to a person’s ability to attract a romantic partner through “style, charm or attractiveness,” dictionary publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) said in its announcement Monday. The word received more than 32,000 votes from the public, OUP added. While word of the year contenders do not need to be new words, they must have a significance to the year in question. In 2022, Oxford’s word of the year was “goblin mode,” a colloquial term for behavior that is unapologetically lazy in a way that rejects social norms.

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☆ Rizzlers rejoice: The Oxford English Dictionary has announced its word of the year
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Oxford English Dictionary even declared it 2023's word of the year. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Folks, we've done it again — as a collective, we've pushed the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary into making a slang term its word of the year. AdvertisementAfter over 32,000 people cast votes, the Oxford team picked "rizz" as its final selection.

Persons: It's, —, we've, Kai Cenat, Tom Holland, BuzzFeed, I've Organizations: Oxford, Service, USA Locations: Oxford, rizz

☆ Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year Is … ‘Rizz’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Jennifer Schuessler | More About Jennifer Schuessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Oxford University Press, the world’s second-oldest academic press and the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, has rizz. “Rizz” — Gen Z (or is it Gen Alpha?) slang for “style, charm or attractiveness,” or “the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner” — has been named as Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year, beating out contenders like situationship, prompt, de-influencing and (yes) Swiftie. It went viral in June, after the actor Tom Holland, in an interview with Buzzfeed, said: “I have no rizz whatsoever. Plus, he said, the word simply has … rizz.

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