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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoOof, your reading comprehension needs some work, too. Tell you what, let’s look to an authority. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer 4 : a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer Huh, how about that. Good luck in school tomorrow, kid.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoYou keep ignoring the fact that I specified “when used as a pejorative.”
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoMisusing a word doesn’t gift it magical powers of a new meaning.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoThat’s how language works, buddy. It’s fluid. And as you can see from the definition you provided, one word can have multiple meanings based on context.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoAnd none of them are “any old person,” as you so conveniently ignore.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoRight, because the dictionary takes a while to update. Using boomer as an insult is a new definition. I’m not sure why this is such a hard concept for you to grasp.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours ago“Boomer” has a very clear definition, and it’s quite clear how it’s misused. I understand that this is a hard concept for you to grasp, but if you stay in school, you’ll learn more about such things.
Oof, your reading comprehension needs some work, too.
Tell you what, let’s look to an authority.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer
Huh, how about that.
Good luck in school tomorrow, kid.
You keep ignoring the fact that I specified “when used as a pejorative.”
Misusing a word doesn’t gift it magical powers of a new meaning.
That’s how language works, buddy. It’s fluid.
And as you can see from the definition you provided, one word can have multiple meanings based on context.
And none of them are “any old person,” as you so conveniently ignore.
Right, because the dictionary takes a while to update.
Using boomer as an insult is a new definition. I’m not sure why this is such a hard concept for you to grasp.
“Boomer” has a very clear definition, and it’s quite clear how it’s misused. I understand that this is a hard concept for you to grasp, but if you stay in school, you’ll learn more about such things.