Saturday Night Live<\/a> “Weekend Update” desk, Colin Jost attempted to use the word \u201ccap.\u201d Then he tried \u201ccooked.\u201d By the time he reached \u201crizz,\u201d the collective wince of the internet could be felt from 30 Rockefeller Plaza all the way to TikTok\u2019s headquarters. It was the familiar, awkward dance of the establishment trying to play “cool,” but this time, cast member Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez wasn’t letting the moment pass as just another punchline.<\/p>\nIn a segment that has since ignited “Black Twitter,” Hern\u00e1ndez performed a linguistic autopsy on what we\u2019ve come to call “Gen Z slang.” His verdict? It doesn\u2019t exist. \u201cGen Z slang is African American slang,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez told a nodding, somewhat sheepish Jost. \u201cBasically, Black people start saying something, then young people think it\u2019s cool, so they start saying it. Then white people say it, and then once Elon Musk says it, it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n