Gen Z has a new X-rated term that’s leaving people 'disgusted'

Gen Zers are at it again, replacing normal words with terms which perhaps leave too much room for interpretation.

There's always going to be new slang words with every new generation, but it seems people born between 1997 to 2012 are coming up with some pretty weird ones.

While the likes of 'rizz', 'slay' and 'bussin' are harmless, you've also got 'huzz', 'smash' and ick' that could be doing more harm than good - I'm not trying to 'rage bait' you here.

You've probably heard the word 'cracked' on social media, and depending on how it is used, it seems the X-rated term can actually mean something quite awful.

When some men are using the term as a replacement word for 'sex', others are using it to describe having one-sided sex with a woman.

There's a new slang word for sex, folks (Getty Stock Images)

'Getting cracked' is the new slang for sex, apparently.

For instance, one TikTok user who worked at a fast-food chain shared: "Me when I got cracked three times last night, which means everyone gon get FULL fries today."

But TikToker @etymologynerd pointed out that the problem with the phrase 'getting cracked' as a new slang term for getting laid is that it 'doesn't go the other way'.

"At least in heterosexual intercourse, if Britney slept with Derek, you can say that Britney got cracked, but not that Derek got cracked," the influencer explained in one of his videos.

"But you are able to reverse the sentence, 'Britney slept with Derek' to 'Derek slept with Britney', and that's because there are two different types of metaphors for how we conceptually understand sex.

'Cracked' can be interpreted as a misogynistic term (Getty Stock Images)

"The first is as an inclusive or mutual act. Like, when we say hooking up or making love, those are both also reversible because both Britney and Derek are doing it to each other.

"Meanwhile, the second metaphor visualises sex as a violent act done by a man to a woman.

"When we use phrases like banging, smashing, screwing, or hitting that, those are very often talked about from the male perspective, but very rarely from a woman's."

He adds that 'on one level, this sort of makes sense because penetration feels like an active thing, but it can just as easily be thought of as an act of enveloping on the other end or, even better, as an act of mutual participation'.

Is 'cracked' a bad word? (Getty Stock Images)

In the comments section, people were saying that 'misogyny just keeps on evolving' and that 'it's such a violent way of saying it'.

One person added: "Like not to be the friend that’s too woke but everything is rooted in violence and misogyny."

Others on TikTok, however, saw the term as being 'gender neutral' and that people were reading too much into it.

"Some things just are mundane/simple with no deeper meaning," they said.

If only we could go back to using actual words with actual meanings, eh?