Gen Z’s brutal new insult ‘choppelganger’ explained - you don’t want to be called one
Topics: Gen Z, Entertainment, Social Media
Jen Thomas
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Topics: Gen Z, Entertainment, Social Media
Gen Z have invented a cutting new insult, and once someone says it about you it might be hard to get out of your brain.
From slang to portmanteau, social media can often cause a new word to spread like wildfire.
Whether it's a baffling trend like '6, 7' or new phrases to describe dating - 'future faking', 'DINK', 'swag gap' and 'zipcoding', anyone?
It's the duty of the younger generation to keep coming up with words and phrases to keep the elders in their life confused (that includes us, my fellow Millennials).
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There's a new insult that you should be dreading though, if a Gen Z with a smart mouth decides to call you it.
Have you heard the phrase 'choppelganger'?
Trust us, it's not a compliment.
Not to be confused with 'doppelganger', referring to a lookalike, this one is a lot more offensive.
To be called 'chopped' is to be ugly or unattractive.
Combining the two, 'chopped' and 'doppelganger' has lead to 'choppelganger', meaning an uglier version of someone.
For example, if someone called you a 'choppelganger' of Dua Lipa, they're saying you're the ugly twin version.
It's not known for sure where it originated from, however, the NY Post says one X user shared a post wrote back in May last year: "My dyslexic a– read this as ‘choppelganger’ and I think I just made a word for someone who looks like u but very slightly and subtly worse."
Other commenters replied congratulating them on the new phrase.
"Oh ya that one’s going in the playbook,” said one, delighted with the new insult.
“Chopped + doppelgänger, it works,” someone else agreed.
The phrase has been gathering pace thanks to a TikTok video.
One girl shared a post saying people call her Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger's choppelganger.
She posted a TikTok with a close up of her face, with text on top which reads “If you think someone has a choppelganger, keep it to your d–m self.
One viewer replied: "Choppelganger is a legendary use of the English language,” while another added: “The term choppelganger is making me cry.”
"When his ex is my choppelganger," joked another, which is always a weird moment.
Someone else replied fearing that they were the ugly double of a famous celeb: "People always say I look like Taylor Swift but now I fear I am her choppelganger."
Do you have, or are you a choppelganger? It's must better to have one than to be one for sure.
You learn something new every day.