'Delulu', 'Clock it': 'Cockroach' protest brings Gen Z slang to India's parliament

From "delulu" to "FOMO", Gen Z slang has made an unlikely journey from Instagram to parliament.

3 min readJul 29, 2026 09:32 AM IST Lok Sabha proceedings underway during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi. (Source: PTI)The ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament is a little different this week. One got to hear from politicians a lingo which you would usually expect on Instagram and not in the Lok Sabha.