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'Delulu', 'Clock it': 'Cockroach' protest brings Gen Z slang to India's parliament
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BBC News - India
Days after a youth-led protest movement forced the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, India's parliament found itself speaking the protesters' language.
As MPs debated a new anti-exam leak bill, introduced by the government after weeks of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Gen Z slang flew freely through the chamber.
Shiv Sena party's Shrikant Shinde accused the opposition of being "MIA" - missing in action - gripped by "FOMO", or the fear of missing out, before eventually becoming "delulu", Gen Z shorthand for detached from reality.
Bansuri Swaraj of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "clocked it" - Gen Z slang for getting something right or spotting the solution - by introducing the law.
"Why are we getting into the lingo of Gen Z?"