Teen skateboarder credits coach's innovative Gen Alpha slang pep talk for her Olympic Gold victory

With each new generation, lifestyle norms and trends evolve, and Gen Z and Gen Alpha have introduced their own quirky slang. Understanding today’s teen and preteen lingo might require a Gen Alpha dictionary. But one skateboarding coach has mastered the art of motivating his Gen Alpha students. Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew, who won Olympic Gold in the Paris Games, received a "Gen Alpha" pep talk from her coach, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The 14-year-old made a record-breaking win in this Olympics, becoming Australia's youngest Olympic gold medallist ever. "I got told by a few people that I'm Australia's youngest gold medallist, which is, like, pretty insane. And really cool, because that's who I'm representing and it's just amazing. It's just super cool that I have won the gold medal because it has been like a dream," she told the outlet. The teen attributed the success to the wholesome motivation her coach offered during her final run in the women's park finals. "My coach was like, 'You've just got to go all out,' and I was like, 'Yep, who cares?' I just [went] all or nothing," the young Olympian added.

But that was not all that her coach, Trevor Ward, said. When Trew was in the bronze medal position and was about to brace for her third and final run, Ward pulled her aside and gave her the pep talk. He threw in a couple of Gen Alpha slang words such as "Skibidi sigma," and it turned out to be a driving force for the teen. "We've got some crazy things that we say to each other and I just said the crazy things that we say — skibidi sigma," Ward said. What happened next was a historic win for Trew and her country. "It's like a joke that I have with all my friends because it's just, like, sigma is the top. A lot of kids nowadays say that a lot," the gold medallist explained.

Little did we know that the amusing Gen Alpha slang has the power to rev up a sportsperson. Maybe older generations now need a lesson on the Gen Alpha vocabulary so that they can harmonize with the future youth. That's probably why a dad on TikTok decided to take "new-age" slang lessons from his daughter. Damon Sharpe, a songwriter who goes by @damonsharpe on Tiktok, shared a video of his Gen Alpha daughter teaching him the meaning of slang words so that he could work effortlessly with younger artists. 

In the video, as the dad says each word, his daughter responds with the Gen Alpha alternative. "Good" is replaced by "Sigma" and "Bad" is now "Skibidi." A lie is now replaced by "cap" and terms of endearment like "Darling, Sweetheart or Dear" are now simply "Pookie." The father-daughter duo shared many such words in their lesson and parents on the internet couldn't be more grateful for enlightening them on the perplexing Gen Alpha slang.