New (to me) vocab just dropped. Apparently the youngsters have taken to referring to an ice cold Diet Coke as a “fridge cigarette”.

And in general the drink is making a comeback with the Gen Zers.

In recent years, Diet Coke has made a noticeable comeback. Gen Z’s version of the smoke break is the “Diet Coke break.” On TikTok, Diet Coke “recipes” go viral. “Gen Z is obsessed with Diet Coke,” Snaxshot writer Andrea Hernández noted in a recent newsletter.

Not that Diet Coke is really thought to be a healthy option, but rather worse probably is that the same article suggests that actually cigarettes are making a bit of a comeback, culturally at least.

It’s a sign of the times. Clean Girl is out. Cigarettes are cool again. And in a world full of prebiotic soda and protein water, sometimes all you really want is a crispy “fridge cigarette” to take the edge off.