♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
LET'S SAY HI TO JON BATISTE.
HELLO, JON!
>> Jon: HELLO, STEPHEN.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> Stephen:IO ARE INCHING CHOICER AND CLOSER TO THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER, AREN'T YOU?
>> Jon: I AM.
>> Stephen: I SAY YOU MEET MONDAY WITH A CROWBAR AND NO
APOLOGIES.
SNAP OFF THE LOCKS, GO IN THERE AND DO THE DAMN SHOW.
>> Jon: LET'S DO IT, MAN.
I'M READY, I'VE GOT MICRO BAR BACK IN THE CAR.
>> Stephen: JON, DO YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC INDICATIVE OF SOMEONE
EXCITED TO GET BACK INTO THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER?
>> Jon: OH, MY GOODNESS...
♪ PAKISTAN.♪♪♪
>> Stephen: SEE YOU MONDAY.
>> Jon: SEE YOU THERE.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, MONDAY?
YOU GOING TO BE IN THERE MONDAY?
NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THERE MONDAY.
SOMEONE'S A COWARD!
PEACE.
( LAUGHTER ) FOLKS, IT'S NO SECRET THAT
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BROUGHT OUT DEEP DIVISIONS IN OUR COUNTRY.
DIFFERENCES THAT THREATEN TO TEAR APART WORKPLACES, FAMILIES,
AND THE NATION ITSELF.
I'M TALKING OF COURSE ABOUT THE ONGOING CULTURE WARS BETWEEN
MILLENNIALS AND ZOOMERS.
IT'S A BATTLE FOR THE AGES: GEN Y VERSUS GEN Z.
THE GRAMMARS VERSUS THE TICK TIKTOKERS.
BILLIE EILISH FANS VERSUS MORE BILLIE EILISH FANS.
EVERYBODY LIKES HER.
IT'S ONLY NATURAL FOR A YOUNGER GENERATION TO GO AFTER ITS
SLIGHTLY OLDER COUNTERPART.
BUT GEN Z HAS REALLY MADE AN ART OUT OF IT, SKEWERING MILLENNIALS
FOR EVERYTHING, FROM THEIR SIDE PARTS, TO THEIR SKINNY JEANS, TO
THEIR USING THE CRYING/LAUGHING EMOJI.
I FEEL YOUR PAIN, MILLENNIALS.
I HAD TO STOP USING THAT ONE TOO, AFTER I CONFUSED IT WITH
THE CRYING-CRYING EMOJI AND TEXTED A FRIEND:
SORRY YOUR MOM'S IN THE HOSPITAL CRYING LAUGHING EMOJI LOL.
I THOUGHT THAT MEANT LOTS OF LOVE.
NOW, ZOOMERS ARE SUMMING UP A LOT OF THOSE FEELINGS ABOUT
MILLENNIALS WITH A VIRAL NEW TERM:
CHEUGY.
YES, CHEUGY.
WHICH IS A WORD TO MAKE FUN OF MILLENNIALS, AND NOT, AS I
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, TO DESCRIB BRETT KAVANAUGH DID WITH P.Y.
AND SQUEE.
CHEUGY, WHAT IS CHEUGY?
WELL, IT'S HARD TO DEFINE.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES IT'S NOT QUITE BASIC,, AND IT'S
NOT QUITE UNCOOL.
AND IT CAN BE USED, BROADLY, TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS OUT OF
DATE OR TRYING TOO HARD.
SOME THINGS THAT GEN Z'ERS HAVE DEEMED CHEUGY INCLUDE, THE HYPE
HOUSE, GOLDEN GOOSE SNEAKERS, BEING REALLY INTO SNEAKER
CULTURE, AND RAE DUNN POTTERY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THOSE THINGS
ARE, ARE YOU ME?
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE.
LOOK, EVERY GENERATION HAS THESE TERMS FOR THEIR ELDERS.
BUT CHEUGY IS KIND OF CONFUSING, AND AS NEITHER A MILLENNIAL NOR
A GEN-Z, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO REALLY GET THE NEW LINGO.
SO HERE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS LATEST WORD THE YOUNG FOLK
ARE USING, IS OUR IN-HOUSE YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE, ELIANA KWARTLER.
ELIANA?
>> HI STEVE.
OR AS THE KIDS SAY, WAZZAPPPPP.
>> STEPHEN: I DIDN'T KNOW THEY STILL SAID THAT.
ELIANA, WHAT IS CHEUGY?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, STEVE.
WHICH I WOULD COUNTER WITH A QUESTION OF MY OWN: WHAT IS
CHEUGY?
>> STEPHEN: ELIANA, DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT CHEUGY IS?
>> EXCUSE ME, GRANDPA, I DO.
I'M A TOTAL CHEUG, AS THE CHEUGGIES WOULD SAY.
I CHEUGY ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT.
DAB ON, MY CHEUGS, CUZ WE'RE NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA GETTING CHEUGY
WIT IT.
>> STEPHEN: DID YOU JUST REFERENCE A WILL SMITH SONG FROM
1997?
>> I DON'T KNOW, STEVE.
I WASN'T ALIVE IN 1997.
>> STEPHEN: YES YOU WERE ELIANA YOU'RE 27 AND A HALF.
ELIANA, I BROUGHT YOU ON TO EXPLAIN
YOUTH CULTURE TO ME, BUT NOW I'M WORRIED YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
YOUTH CULTURE.
>> FINE, YOU CAUGHT ME.
I'M A MILLENNIAL, STEVE.
I ONLY KNOW CHEUGY IN THE CONTEXT OF IT BEING CYBER-YELLED
AT ME BY COOL KIDS WITH MIDDLE PARTS.
I'M NOT YOUNG AND HIP ANYMORE I'M NOT EVEN THE YOUNGEST,
HIPPEST WRITER ON THIS SHOW ANYMORE
>> STEPHEN: THAT WOULD BE OUR YOUNGEST WRITER, DELMONTE BENT.
>> DID SOMEONE SAY DELMONTE BENT?
>> STEPHEN: DELMONTE, THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT CHEUGY MEANS?
>> TOTALLY.
BUT PROBABLY THE MOST CHEUGY THING TO DO WOULD BE FOR YOU TO
EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOU THINK CHEUGY MEANS.
>> STEPHEN: NOT YOU TOO, DELMONTE
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS MY JEANS ARE TOO SKINNY
>> NOW THAT'S CHEUGY.
>> STEPHEN: NO.
IT'S NOT.
>> OR, IT MIGHT BE?
>> OKAY, BOOMER.
>> STEPHEN: YOUNG PEOPLE, EVERYBODY.
THEY MUST BE DESTROYED.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CINDY MCCAIN.
SERIOUSLY, YOU MUST BE DESTROYED.