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The online dictionary Dictionary.com has declared the slang term “maxxing” — derived from “maximizing,” meaning the drive to get the most out of any area of life — its word of the year for 2026. The shortlist also included affordability, data center, odyssey, and unc. The word came out of the 2010s manosphere but is now used by Generations Z and Alpha in everyday senses.
Otabek YusupovNC Logistic HR director Irina Pak told Gazeta.Ru that Generation Z's demands — flexible schedules, work-life balance and feedback — are becoming the norm for all workers amid demographic shortage and digitalization of the labor market.
Javlon TursunovThe press service of the 'Best Mentoring Practices of the City of Moscow' competition gave six recommendations for working with young employees: identifying the causes of difficulties, showing the course of solutions, setting tasks with criteria, discussing mistakes without attacking the person, regulating questions, and gradually transferring independence. According to Deloitte's 2025 data, 70% of Gen Z develop skills weekly, and mentoring matters to 86%.
Sevara AzamovaThe black flag with a smiling skull in a straw hat — the 'Jolly Roger' from Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga — has become a prominent symbol of student and street protests in France, as well as in Belgium, Italy and Greece. Euronews examines why Generation Z chooses pop culture symbols to express protest, and recalls other examples: the Guy Fawkes mask, the three-finger salute from The Hunger Games, costumes from The Handmaid's Tale, Joker makeup and Pepe the Frog.
Sevara Azamova
