Point is flying right over your head. Current, updated, slang usage does not address your patently incorrect assertion that it never refered to the baby boomer generation. It became a pejorative as part of referring exactly to that generation and then was expanded and generalized to older people. Exactly the same way Millennial commentary started out pointed at exactly that generation and then became generalized to a rolling window of “those young people”. Even though the actual millennials are in their early 40s and late 30s now.
Right, and boomer is a pejorative for old out of touch people because the baby boomers were the old people when it was coined, but it’s not generation specific.
This is what the term is referring to. You’re being Principal Skinner.
Slang and pejoratives don’t typically follow strict etymology. They’re more ephemeral.
Boomer, used as a pejorative term, doesn’t mean someone born between 1946 and 1964. It never has.
It’s always been a dismissive term for an older person with outdated ideas. Every young generation has one.
So I’m going to assume that you also believe that “Millennial” as a pejorative term never had anything to do with the Millennial generation.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/ok-boomer
Point is flying right over your head. Current, updated, slang usage does not address your patently incorrect assertion that it never refered to the baby boomer generation. It became a pejorative as part of referring exactly to that generation and then was expanded and generalized to older people. Exactly the same way Millennial commentary started out pointed at exactly that generation and then became generalized to a rolling window of “those young people”. Even though the actual millennials are in their early 40s and late 30s now.
No, it always has. Some dumb kids just thought that it meant “anyone over the age of thirty,” which is dumb.
No, it hasn’t. Boomer and Baby Boomer are two different things.
The fact that you can’t accept the new lingo basically makes you a boomer.
The fact that you have zero understanding of etymology basically makes you a child.
The fact that boomer is derived from baby boomer doesn’t mean they share a definition.
The fact that you don’t understand that is concerning.
Ask your teacher how etymology works, kid.
So, because the N word is derived from the Spanish word for black, they mean the same thing, right?
I think you need to ask your teacher
Yes, it’s a pejorative word for “black people.” You’re starting to understand!
Right, and boomer is a pejorative for old out of touch people because the baby boomers were the old people when it was coined, but it’s not generation specific.
This is what the term is referring to. You’re being Principal Skinner.
Slang and pejoratives don’t typically follow strict etymology. They’re more ephemeral.
This guy has the understanding power of a boomer.
Go take your meds grandad. You’re embarrassing yourself.
“The new lingo”.
Clearly a boomer pretending to be a millennial.