If you’ve come across this article because you’ve been called “chopped” by a teen, then I have some bad news for you. “Chopped” is an insult about someone’s appearance, and Gen Z and Gen Alpha are using it like crazy.

According to middle school teacher and resident slang expert Mr. Lindsay, “everything is chopped right now,” he said in a video made Aug. 20. But what does it mean?

What Is ‘Chopped’?

Redditors described “chopped” as something that looks “bad, ugly, deformed ace, facially challenged.” Others succinctly said, “Ugly asf.” Basically, it’s today’s teens’ version of “You ugly, U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi, you ugly!”

But where does it come from? Know Your Meme tracks “chopped” back to a meme that went viral earlier this year when a high schooler named Angel Wiley went viral

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