Hey Alexa, help me get down with the kids! Gen Z's most popular slang is added to Amazon's smart assistant - so, do YOU know what they mean?

If you ever feel like Gen Z is speaking an entirely different language, you are definitely not alone. 

Luckily for all the baffled parents out there, a new Alexa update should help you avoid giving your kids the ick with your sus Gen Z slang. 

From today, Amazon users will be able to ask Alexa to 'talk Gen Z to me' to reveal one of 20 phrases using Gen Z's favourite words.

That might include phrases such as 'the math isn't mathing' which Alexa defines as 'something is incorrect or unreasonable, something doesn't add up or make sense'.  

And as Amazon's survey of 2,385 Britons reveals that 83 per cent of Gen Z say the older generation fails to understand them, a little extra assistance might be welcome.

The update is aimed at helping older people keep up with the younger generation's ever-evolving slang, according to Amazon.

By surveying 1,097 members of Gen Z, the tech giant revealed the top 20 most popular terms. 

According to their research, the most commonly used term among Gen Z is the phrase 'lowkey'.

Asking Alexa would inform you that this means: 'A sense of understatement, or to describe something that is not overly intense or dramatic.'

Meanwhile, the most commonly misunderstood word among respondents was 'genny lex'. 

Despite sounding like someone's name, this piece of slang is actually a playful abbreviation of 'general election'.

In close second place was the phrase 'rizz', which a third of respondents admitted they didn't understand. 

'Rizz', which loosely means romantic charisma or charm, has recently been popularised by a few big-name celebs.

For instance, Ryan Gosling said on the Barbie red carpet that rizz was a certain 'je ne sais quoi' quality.

The phrase also gained popularity after being used by Spider-Man star Tom Holland in June of this year.

However, according to Dictionary.com, the term actually originated with social media personality Kai Cenat who coined the phrase in 2021. 

Kai Centat has since attempted to monetise his origination of the term by holding rizz competitions and even live 'Rizz Academy' on Twitch. 

Another piece of Gen Z slang to be popularised by a celeb is the phrase 'in your XXX era'.

As your Alexa will now happily point out, this phrase is used to mean 'a period of time marked by distinctive character, events'. 

For instance, you might hear a member of Gen Z say 'I'm in my quiet quitting era' to mean they are slowly giving up on their job. 

This phrase has its origins with Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in which the singer performs songs from each of her 'eras'. 

With hundreds of thousands flocking to Swift's shows around the world, the associated phrase has steadily taken over social media platforms like TikTok.  

The survey also found that a third of Gen Z said they 'cringe' when someone from an older generation uses the slang incorrectly. 

A further 56 per cent of over-27s surveyed told Amazon they would welcome assistance understanding Gen Z's vocabulary. 

However, the older generations aren't alone in finding Gen Z's slang harder to keep up with. 

As far back as 2015 researchers found that the English language was evolving faster than ever as social media shortened the shelf life of slang.

And as TikTok enables phrases to emerge and spread even faster, a lot of people are feeling left behind. 

In January this year, a survey found that 71 per cent of overseas students learning English are asking teachers and lecturers to explain slang terms they have seen on social media, TV or elsewhere.

The most commonly asked-about phrases included terms Gen Z slang like 'no cap', 'beef', and 'salty'.

Meryem Tom, Amazon Alexa's UK Country Manager, says: 'Our research shows that there's plenty of Brits out there who can't quite keep up with Gen Z's jargon and we hope that Alexa's new feature will be a reliable source of knowledge for those who want to brush up on their Gen Z vocabulary.