It’s very tiring to keep up with Gen Z because everything goes very fast for them. We already know several slang phrases such as ‘woo woo‘, ‘it’s giving’, ‘slay’, but what does ‘mid’ mean?
What does ‘mid’ mean?
“The new Balenciaga’s collection was mid” Well… sis, I don’t really know what does ‘mid’ mean.
Today’s class will be about another Gen Z slang and how to use it. The word is ‘mid’. According to what Bark Technologies has mentioned about the use of this slang, this term is used to describe that something is average or not particularly special. This term comes from the phrase “middle of the road”.
On the other hand, Urban Dictonary also tells us that the term ‘mid’ refers to a type of insult, not as such, but rather it’s used to degrade something or to talk about something having poor quality.
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Where does this term come from?
It is said that the term ‘mid’ began to be used in marijuana culture to talk about the quality it had. The writer Ayesha M. Malik, explained that this slang meant:
“weed that’s not quite top shelf, but not bottom of the barrel either. Perfectly fine in a pinch, mid-grade weed is neutral-positive as it gets the job done for cannabis consumers who are less than discerning.”
Sociologically, saying ‘mid’ has become increasingly a little more insulting, one might say, this may be due to the use that young people themselves give it and the connotations with which this term is used.
‘Mid’ Examples
— Did you play that new game?
— Yeah, it was mid
— I’ve waited for this movie for so long and it was mid!
— I didn’t like the restaurant that much, it was so mid
So… Now do you know what does ‘mid’ mean?
