“Low-key” is to Gen Z as “literally” is to Millennials. It doesn’t actually convey meaning, it’s a signifier that the person speaking uses a specific generational dialect. It’s a word you throw in that sounds like it makes what you’re saying more meaningful, but really just makes it sound infuriating to anyone outside your linguistic norms.
I guess the definition for low key has lost all meaning.
Imagine ‘President low key selling nuclear secrets to Iran’
“President low key shooting someone in the face on 5th Avenue”
“Low-key” is to Gen Z as “literally” is to Millennials. It doesn’t actually convey meaning, it’s a signifier that the person speaking uses a specific generational dialect. It’s a word you throw in that sounds like it makes what you’re saying more meaningful, but really just makes it sound infuriating to anyone outside your linguistic norms.
That’s why I stopped saying it, low key.