adjective🔥 Gen-Z slang

shook

shocked, stunned

What it means

Shocked, stunned, or deeply rattled by something, whether good or bad. If news or an event leaves you reeling, you're shook.

Examples

  • I'm shook, I did not see that plot twist coming at all.
  • When she walked in with him I was straight up shook.
  • That ending had me shook for a solid hour.
  • We were all shook after hearing the announcement.

Where it comes from

An AAVE-rooted shortening of 'shaken,' it gained huge traction on Twitter and Vine in the mid-2010s, often paired with 'I'm shook' reaction posts.

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