• village604@adultswim.fan
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    1 天前

    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    It’s always been a dismissive term for an older person with outdated ideas.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.

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      No, it always has. Some dumb kids just thought that it meant “anyone over the age of thirty,” which is dumb.

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        22 小时前

        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.

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            21 小时前

            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.

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                21 小时前

                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

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                    21 小时前

                    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.

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          20 小时前

          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.