General derogatory term used by old
people to refer to children as way too carefree and chaotic compared to their own
childhood. The name comes from the famous painting 'Snap the Whip', depicting children
running through a grassy field.
"Back in my day, kids got the newspaper themselves,
now they're all just mean and rude, like you, ya' whippersnapper!"
"Apperantly, his
grandfather just called him a 'whippersnapper'. What an mean old
hobo."