Word type
Slang (Gen Z)
۲۶ words
Internet-era Tehrani / diaspora-Iranian Gen Z coinages
- آبسردabsardcold water, ignored or ghosted (Gen Z slang)
- اسپیمspimspam-IM, unsolicited DM
- اعتراضات سراسریeteraz-saraserinationwide protests
- اعتصاب کشوریetesab-keshvarinationwide strike
- اعدام نکنیدedam-nakoniddo not execute (protest hashtag)
- بچه مثبتbachche-mosbatpositive kid, regime apologist
- بچه منفیbachche-manfinegative kid, anti-regime youth
- تا رهاییta-rahaiiuntil freedom (protest closing)
- ترندینگtrendingtrending; currently popular online
- جیجیji-jiGG; good game; well played (gaming term)
- خاله زینبkhaleh-zaynabAunt Zaynab, pro-regime sycophant
- داغونdâqunwrecked / messed up / awesome
- دختر دلیرdokhtar-dalirbrave girl (protest valorization)
- دکونdokun"shop" → place / situation / vibe
- سوتیsutia slip-up / public embarrassment
- عقدهایoqdeh-isomeone with a complex / chip on their shoulder
- غیدرgheydarself-styled tough guy
- فلانfelân"whatever / so-and-so / blah" (Gen Z dismissal)
- فیکfeyekfake online (Gen Z slang)
- گلابیgolâbi"pear" → naïve / spineless person
- لینکتریlink-triLinktree; link-in-bio aggregator page
- میمmimmeme; viral image or video joke
- نسل زدnasl-zGeneration Z (Persian self-naming)
- نه به اعدامna-be-edamno to execution (protest hashtag)
- نوتیفnotifnotification (Gen Z short form)
- هشتگشناسhashtag-shenâssomeone who only knows the world through hashtags