How MPs 'clocked' Gen Z lingo in Parliament: 'MIA', 'kuchu puchu' and other words decoded

Published 29 July 2026 · local

Parliament is speaking GenZ “The Leader of the Opposition had gone ' MIA '. ' FOMO ' perhaps explains why he eventually went and sat

Parliament is speaking GenZ “The Leader of the Opposition had gone ' MIA '. ' FOMO ' perhaps explains why he eventually went and sat outside the Prime Minister's residence.” clock it delulu Kuchu Puchu Vasteguna Huiya Aaj mera birthday hai toh please kuchu-puchu isteefa de do naaa FOMO MIA What these words mean and where they come from Clock It RuPaul's Drag Race Vasteguna Huiya Kuchu Puchu FOMO MIA Delulu Why Gen Z language matters Parliament has always borrowed popular language Bhagavad Gita Arey Mausi, teesri baar toh haare hain, par moral victory toh hai na! Ja Simran, jeele apni zindagi Language keeps evolving NEW DELHI:These are the words of 69-year old Union minister Jitendra SIngh, who was addressing the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Until recently, these words belonged to Instagram comment sections, meme pages, K-pop fan communities and WhatsApp chats. This week, however, they echoed through the halls of Parliament.During the Monsoon session, MPs infused their speeches with Gen Z slang and internet catchphrases while taking on political rivals, discussing governance and framing arguments around issues ranging from education to development.BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj, while defending the Centre's policies, urged the Opposition to "" — a Gen Z phrase meaning to recognise or acknowledge something. "Where Congress created a policy vacuum, Modi clocked it, if I may borrow the language of Gen Z, and created a solution. All the Opposition did was chase political opportunism," she said, explicitly acknowledging that she was borrowing from the vocabulary of younger generations.BJP’s Tejasvi Surya reached for another popular internet expression, calling the Opposition "" — shorthand for "delusional" — suggesting its criticism of the government was detached from reality.Not to be left behind, Congress MP Deepender Hooda, during debate on anti-paper leak in Lok Sabha, slipped in ‘’ and viral internet catchphrase “” in a swipe at Centre. “(Today is my birthday, so please resign cutie pie)," he remarked, giving example of slogans at the recent student protests.Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde labelled the Opposition as suffering from "" — the "Fear of Missing Out" — and even described it as "" (Missing in Action), implying that the Opposition was scrambling to remain politically relevant after missing key opportunities.It was an unusual moment.As Hooda put it, the GenZ with Bhagat Singh’s slogan of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’, turned it into ‘Vastaguna huiya’ when they protested against the government.Parliament, traditionally associated with constitutional language, Hindi idioms and literary references, suddenly sounded like an Instagram comment thread.The internet has a way of making words travel across continents, cultures and generations.