Meaning of boomersplain | Babel Free

Definitions

To condescendingly explain (something) to a younger person as a baby boomer.

derogatory, slang

Examples

“For years, we've been reading think piece after think piece, boomersplaining millennial culture through a kids-these-days lens.”

“Young voters who feel the current system doesn’t properly reflect voter preferences, a sentiment many believe contributes to their election day apathy, will be boomersplained to death about why they don’t know what they’re talking about.”

“But there hasn’t been much of a collective critique of Generation X since the early 1990s, when the media decided that we were inveterate slackers, and Time magazine boomersplained that Xers “have few heroes, no anthems, no style to call their own. They crave entertainment, but their attention span is as short as one zap of a TV dial.””

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