[Ads-l] OK Boomer

[Andy Bach]

> the origins of the phrase "OK Boomer"?  My sense is that it is becoming
very popular, ... the earliest use I seem to find is Oct. 29 of this year.
This claims it was the in common use in the summer of '19 in Centerville, VA
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1073331

"Some teens point to a Soundcloud
<https://soundcloud.com/peterkuli/okboomer>
https://soundcloud.com/peterkuli/okboomer

audio that has also been uploaded to TikTok, which was created by artists
Peter Kuli and Jedwill. The Soundcloud audio was posted this month, but a
version of the song was posted to Twitter
<https://twitter.com/jedwill1999/status/1147226615929167872?s=21> by
Jedwill
https://twitter.com/jedwill1999/status/1147226615929167872?s=21
as early as July. Other teens who spoke to NBC News said they began using
the phrase after hearing Twitch streamer “CallMeCarsonLIVE” say it. Others
said they picked it up from one another."

I think it's already "jumped the shark" - it's being monetized (by those
GenZ folks):
https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2019/oct/30/ok-boomer-how-the-gen-z-retort-of-2019-has-been-monetised?CMP=share_btn_link

and accepted by us Boomers, I guess:
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/shortcuts/2019/nov/13/boomers-for-millennials-why-people-in-their-50s-and-60s-are-telling-their-peers-to-pipe-down?CMP=share_btn_link

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 3:42 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> Is anyone able to provide any information about the origins of the phrase
> "OK Boomer"?  My sense is that it is becoming very popular, and people talk
> about it like it's been around for a while, but when I do a LexisNexis
> search the earliest use I seem to find is Oct. 29 of this year.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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