If you've been anywhere near the internet in the past few weeks, you'll likely have seen the phrase "OK, Boomer" pop up in reference to out-of-touch Boomers. And given the Gen Z/millennial rallying cry's popularity, like clockwork, a Boomer felt the need to complain about the sarcastic usage of the term — even going so far as to deign it an ageist slur.
Yesterday, a conservative radio host by the name of Bob Lonsberry made the unwise decision to share a gobsmackingly shitty take via Twitter, writing, "being hip and flip does not make bigotry ok, nor is a derisive epithet acceptable because it is new." The worst part though? Lonsberry referred to the designation as "the n-word of ageism."
Naturally, it didn't take long for Lonsberry to get ratioed to hell, with everyone from comedian Travon Free to Blink-182's Mark Hoppus joining in on the conversation.
Baby Boomer: (creates a world of vastly inordinate wealth disparity, denies climate change, refuses to address gun violence beyond “thoughts and prayers,” insists that young people are “participation award snowflakes who need safe spaces.”)
— thnx fr th gvng (@markhoppus) November 4, 2019
Young People: OK Boomer
Boomer: pic.twitter.com/BVcWbBmnMb
Never forget. #Boomer pic.twitter.com/wTnVobrNfS
— Travon Free (@Travon) November 4, 2019
In fact, Dictionary.com even got involved and had to completely eviscerate Lonsberry via some extremely basic facts — something that, as one commenter pointed out, means "you have to log off forever and turn all your possessions over to the local library."
Their response? Uh, a brief mention of the ginormous distinction between a term that is "an informal noun referring to a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965" and "one of the most offensive words in the English language."
Boomer is an informal noun referring to a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 4, 2019
The n-word is one of the most offensive words in the English language. https://t.co/30OAf7N83e
OK ... everyone. https://t.co/XUiCyEcHdW
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) November 4, 2019
if you get dunked on by the dictionary you have to log off forever and turn all your possessions over to the local library
— Big Damn Spooky Time (@CreativeMrPen) November 4, 2019
Needless to say, Lonsberry has since deleted the tweet, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy some quality roasts of his post — check out a few of our favorites, below.
My Boomer friends let me say it tho :/
— Zora Neale Hustlin’ (@MarsinCharge) November 4, 2019
if you’re a non-black person rapping a song, just replace the n-word with the word boomer
— taylor garron (@casualafro) November 4, 2019
Comparing boomer to a racial slur is peak boomer, boomer pic.twitter.com/wFjhUsbCKp
— the bad Katie (@KatieKatCubs) November 4, 2019
Learn to use a condom #boomer @BobLonsberry pic.twitter.com/oWUE5MgRur
— Zuccary McDuccary (@Zucc_The_Ducc) November 4, 2019
— Kathleen Smith (@KikkiPlanet) November 4, 2019
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