boomersplain

From boomer (“a baby boomer”) +‎ -splain.

boomersplain (third-person singular simple present boomersplains, present participle boomersplaining, simple past and past participle boomersplained)

1. (slang, derogatory) To condescendingly explain (something) to a younger person as a baby boomer.
   • 2016 April 29, Maggie Gordon, “Talkin' 'bout my generation: It's millennials' turn”, in Houston Chronicle‎^[1]:

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

   • 2018 June 1, Gary Mason, “Long odds facing electoral reform advocates in B.C.”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2022 October 17, Megan McArdle, “Gen X is used to flying under the radar. That’ll end if it goes full GOP.”, in The Washington Post‎^[3]:

     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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