The 'Decoding Teen Slang' parody meme satirizes the sensationalist news segments and parental guides that attempt to translate Gen Z and Gen Alpha lingo, often with disastrously inaccurate results. These templates typically mimic the aesthetic of a local news broadcast or an alarmist school flyer, featuring a common slang term alongside a wildly incorrect 'hidden meaning' (for example, claiming 'LOL' stands for 'Lucifer Our Lord' or 'Bae' stands for 'Be Aware of Every-demon'). The humor stems from the moral panic trope and the inherent disconnect between generations. It gained significant traction on platforms like Twitter and Reddit, where users compete to invent the most absurd backronyms for modern internet slang to mock corporate and parental misunderstanding of youth culture.