"XD" is back in fashion among Gen Z

XD rises from the dead: Gen Z's digital nostalgia

Is XD a relic of the Messenger era or the new code of twenty-somethings? What seemed like an old-timer's archaism has crept back into the chats of the youngest users, challenging the hegemony of the laughing-crying emoji and proving that, in digital language, everything that dies eventually comes back to life.

From decline to ironic revival

The forum conversation points to a generational paradox: while the average Burbuja user remembers XD as a standard of the nineties and IRC, Gen Z has rescued it, possibly as a form of irony or a rejection of the standardisation of today's social media. Some forum members point out that using these key combinations is more comfortable and technical, avoiding the loading problems of modern emojis on certain platforms. And there is no shortage of those who, with the house's usual scepticism, see in this linguistic shift an excuse to air private matters or simply one more symptom of the cyclical nature of digital fads.

Is digital language a vicious circle?

The debate is split between those who celebrate the return of the old school and those who see it as a simple import of niche trends. What is clear is that the rejection of imported terms like "bro" and the return to the classics "XD" or "🙂" reflects a weariness with the homogenisation of language on the internet. Are we witnessing a genuine cultural recovery, or is it just another layer of postmodern irony? The question remains open, while forum members continue to debate whether this trend looks set to stay or whether, like everything online, it is just a passing mirage.

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