• village604@adultswim.fan
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      21 hours ago

      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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        21 hours ago

        No, it was generation specific, and some dumb kids didn’t understand what it meant and just thought “haha mean word.”

        And you were so close to getting it! Keep trying, kid!

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          You already admitted that I’m right, you just haven’t realized it yet.

          The N word doesn’t literally mean people with skin that is black. It means people with dark skin of African descent which is a much wider scope.

          You put quotes around black. The word is a reference to a larger group, just like “boomer” is a reference to a group larger than people born between 1946-1964.

          Boomer was derived from the term baby boomer, but they don’t share a definition.