[Ads-l] OK Boomer

[dave at WILTON.NET]

"OK Boomer" may be giving way to "the Karen Generation."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/gen-z-is-calling-gen-x-the-karen-generation


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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 2:42 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] OK Boomer

>  craft a clapback

I suggest "F*** you, jerk."

JL

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 4:36 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here is an instance of the inevitable attempt to craft a clapback "OK, 
> millennials".
>
> Article: The Boomers' media behemoth
> Author: Sara Fischer
> Date on website: Nov 12, 2019
>
> https://www.axios.com/the-boomers-media-behemoth-412b5106-f879-477d-80
> 6d-6130148956bf.html
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> AARP, formerly known as The American Association of Retired Persons, 
> is one of the largest media companies in the country, bringing in more 
> than $174 million annually in media-based advertising revenue, 
> according to public filings.
>
> "OK, millennials. But we're the people that actually have the money,"
> Myrna Blyth, senior vice president and editorial director of AARP 
> Media, said in an interview with Axios, referencing the popular "OK, 
> boomer" tagline that youngsters are using to poke fun at older people 
> online.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 4:18 PM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > It seems to have escalated quickly.
> >
> > https://twitter.com/entry_name/status/1195078287371976704?s=20
> >
> >
> > Nancy Friedman
> > Chief Wordworker
> > www.wordworking.com
> > http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com
> > tel 510 652-4159
> > cel 510 304-3953
> > twitter/instagram  Fritinancy
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:25 PM Martin Purdy < 
> > 00000bd8cf391c5b-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > First time I heard this expression was in reporting from the New
> Zealand
> > > Parliament recently, when the curiously-spelled MP Chlöe Swarbrick
> used it
> > > to silence an older heckler:
> > > The world is obsessed with Chlöe Swarbrick's 'OK, boomer' jibe
> > >
> > > Previously I'd only known "boomer" (without the prefixed "baby") 
> > > as a
> term
> > > for a male red kangaroo.
> > >
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |
> > > |  |  |
> > >
> > >  |
> > >
> > >  |
> > > |
> > > |  |
> > > The world is obsessed with Chlöe Swarbrick's 'OK, boomer' jibe
> > >
> > > Chlöe Swarbrick thought her 'OK, boomer' jibe would kill the meme.
> > > Instead, it's gone global.
> > >  |
> > >
> > >  |
> > >
> > >  |
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Martin PurdyNZ
> > >
> > >
> > >     On Thursday, November 14, 2019, 10:42:55 AM GMT+13, 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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