[Ads-l] OK Boomer

Fri Nov 15 22:31:58 UTC 2019

More responses:
"That's all you got to say oK zOoMeR".
"OK zoomer, is that really the best you’ve got?"

Website: Urbandictionary
Title: Ok Zoomer
Date: November 01, 2019
Posted by Anonymoucats
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ok%20Zoomer

[Begin excerpt]
Ok Zoomer
Ok Zoomer - Similar to Ok Boomer but used as an insult from boomers
who are offended.
Daryl: The problem of this generation is that they are too sensitive
and are addicted to their phones.
Mike: Ok Boomer
Daryl: That's all you got to say oK zOoMeR
#joke
[End excerpt]

Website: The Spectator (UK)
Article: OK zoomer, is that really the best you’ve got?: It’s not us
baby boomers who are the problem
Author: Cosmo Landesman
Date: November 16 2019 (Future dated)
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/11/ok-zoomer-is-that-really-the-best-youve-got/

[Begin excerpt]
But I never thought I would be subjected to the derision and verbal
lashings of Generation Z. The ‘zoomers’ — that is, people born after
about 1995 — have come up with a cutting and dismissive retort for
older people: ‘OK boomer.’
[End excerpt]

Website: Know Your Meme
Title: Zoomer
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zoomer

[Begin excerpt]
Zoomer is a character spread on 4chan mocking Gen Z adolescents and
young adults, similar to how 30-Year-Old Boomer is used to mock older
millennials.
[End excerpt]

Google Trends shows growing interest in "zoomer" in November 2019
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=zoomer&geo=US

But a longer term graph from 2011 shows a curious series of spikes for "zoomer"
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2011-10-15%202019-11-15&geo=US&q=zoomer

There is a product called Zoomer Interactive Puppy from a company
called Zoomer. The interest in "zoomer puppy" displays a series of
spikes, but the "zoomer" spikes are much larger.

Garson

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 3:30 PM <dave at wilton.net> wrote:
>
> "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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
> > > >
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> > > > 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.
> > > >  |
> > > >
> > > >  |
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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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