‘Great Clips’ Helps Parents Translate Gen-Z Slang

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Great Clips kicks off the back-to-school season offering 24,000 free haircuts and an online classroom featuring a slang dictionary and lookbook with trending haircut styles.

By News Desk

Great Clips launched its annual back-to-school campaign to help parents better understand their kids to get them the latest looks they want and the back-to-school confidence they need. Some parents are struggling to understand the language their kids are using. Great Clips enlisted the help of pop icon and father Joey Fatone and his daughter Kloey along with popular teacher social influencers (Student Slang Translators) .

Class is now in session at GreatClips.com/BacktoSchool. Parents can visit Great Clips’ back-to-school online curriculum where they can find:

• A Slang Dictionary that includes definitions for popular words and phrases, as well as how to use each word in a kid-approved sentence.
• An Online Lookbook showcasing popular haircuts and hairstyles for families to reference before or at the salon for the latest back-to-school looks.
• A Pop Quiz to test slang knowledge. Participants who complete the quiz will earn a $5 off coupon for a back-to-school haircut.

The Fatones Visit Great Clips for Back-to-School Haircuts

Singer, actor and TV personality Joey Fatone knows all too well the challenges of understanding slang as the father of a Gen Z teenager. Joey and his 14-year-old daughter, Kloey, star in a new back-to-school video called “Back-to-School Experts Save the Day.” The video follows the father-daughter duo in their local Great Clips salon as Kloey is getting her hair cut, and Joey is struggling to understand the words that Kloey is using. Members of the Student Slang Translators pop in to translate a series of popular slang words and help remind viewers that families are in the right place at Great Clips with the right experts to get ready for back-to-school.