Martin Scorsese is proving he knows the tea on Gen Z slang, and we high-key stan him for his casual slay.
The iconic 80-year-old director joined his 23-year-old daughter Francesca for a fun video on her TikTok in which she quizzed him on the meanings of various modern phrases. In all seriousness, it’s really adorable, and Scorsese may actually know more about Gen Z lingo than we do — on God.
The Wolf of Wall Street director nailed the meanings of several terms, though he was at a loss as to what some of them meant. He defined “tea” as when “you’re gonna tell all you know,” looking quite pleased with himself when Francesca confirmed that was correct.
Scorsese’s definition of “ick” was particularly funny. His daughter gave him an example sentence, saying, “He clapped when the plane landed and that gave me the ick.” Scorsese responded, “You were thoroughly repulsed by it,” which got a laugh out of Francesca, and us. He also nailed the meanings of “hits different,” “ate,” “cap,” “throw shade,” “slaps,” and “slay.”
As for the terms he didn’t know, the Goodfellas director wasn’t so sure what “sneaky link” meant. When Francesca told him, “It’s like a booty call,” he looked at her in genuine surprise and said, “Oh really?” So wholesomely hilarious.
He also didn’t quite grasp the concept of “shipping” someone. Francesca said, “I ship you and mom,” and Scorsese asked, “Like, take us around somewhere?” That earned another well-deserved laugh. Additionally, he defined a “simp” as “a person who’s whiny all the time,” which was equally as funny as the rest of his misses. He got far more terms right than wrong, proving he’s not just any basic dad.
Fellow TikTokers ate up the video just as much as we did. “Can’t believe we live in a world where I get to watch Martin Scorsese become familiar with the term sneaky link. Blessings,” one person commented. Another hilariously wrote, “he served i fear.” Someone else joked, “this is a massive contribution to cinema thank you @Francesca.”
He low-key slayed, no cap, on God — period.
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