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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·5 个月前No, it was generation specific, and some dumb kids didn’t understand what it meant and just thought “haha mean word.” And you were so close to getting it! Keep trying, kid!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-25 个月前Oof, your reading comprehension needs some work, too. Tell you what, let’s look to an authority. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer 4 : a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer Huh, how about that. Good luck in school tomorrow, kid.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·5 个月前You keep ignoring the fact that I specified “when used as a pejorative.”
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 个月前Misusing a word doesn’t gift it magical powers of a new meaning.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·5 个月前That’s how language works, buddy. It’s fluid. And as you can see from the definition you provided, one word can have multiple meanings based on context.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 个月前And none of them are “any old person,” as you so conveniently ignore.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·5 个月前Right, because the dictionary takes a while to update. Using boomer as an insult is a new definition. I’m not sure why this is such a hard concept for you to grasp.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·5 个月前“Boomer” has a very clear definition, and it’s quite clear how it’s misused. I understand that this is a hard concept for you to grasp, but if you stay in school, you’ll learn more about such things.
No, it was generation specific, and some dumb kids didn’t understand what it meant and just thought “haha mean word.”
And you were so close to getting it! Keep trying, kid!
Ok boomer
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Oof, your reading comprehension needs some work, too.
Tell you what, let’s look to an authority.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer
Huh, how about that.
Good luck in school tomorrow, kid.
You keep ignoring the fact that I specified “when used as a pejorative.”
Misusing a word doesn’t gift it magical powers of a new meaning.
That’s how language works, buddy. It’s fluid.
And as you can see from the definition you provided, one word can have multiple meanings based on context.
And none of them are “any old person,” as you so conveniently ignore.
Right, because the dictionary takes a while to update.
Using boomer as an insult is a new definition. I’m not sure why this is such a hard concept for you to grasp.
“Boomer” has a very clear definition, and it’s quite clear how it’s misused. I understand that this is a hard concept for you to grasp, but if you stay in school, you’ll learn more about such things.