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[–] MoreZombies@quokk.au 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hear you, but as you just said it can be adapted to be used as an exaggeration, generally to indicate the person is out of touch in opinion.

A similar pattern with our speech is how terms for mental disability (eg idiot or some of the modern terms recently deemed a bit more hateful) were adapted in our language to become insults.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The main difference is that I just don't see young people referring to each other as boomers very often. but i could be out of touch.

[–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

When I was in highschool a couple years ago that is how we used it. Its not a popular term anymore though. I hear some people using it self deprecatingly though