Museum Curator Learns Gen Z Slang and Goes Viral
Date postedJanuary 30, 2026
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Alison Luchs, the National Gallery of Art’s deputy head of sculpture, stepped behind a 16th-century urn and began to describe it to the camera.
"Chat, I'm about to buss it down Roman Empire style," said Luchs, 77, using Gen Z slang she recently learned. "Haters will say this urn is mid, but they don't know we've clocked its tea."
Luchs called the urn’s stone material "GOATED" — meaning the greatest of all time — saying the urn was "high-key valuable" and its colors "screamed big drip" — meaning it was stylish.
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