A person from the baby boomer generation or really anyone who is older than the person using the word, usually used if said person is being annoying or talking shit about a younger generation. Sometimes used in a joking way among friends. Can also describe someone who is out of touch, typically with technology.
A boomer is a person over the age of 55. It is usually associated with tik tok/Facebook memes of people using the phrase ‘ok boomer’ it is used to make fun of or sarcastically target the older generation.
Old person: ‘kids are always ontechnologythese days, they don’t know what is going on in the world, they are destroying it’
2.) is a stereotype derived from the generation baby boomer. it’s most commonly used in the popular internet phrase “ok boomer”. it is a stereotype for baby boomers, and can be described as the old person who is against video games and electronics. the old people that always rant about how things are different. they seem to be easily annoyed by change and will take it out on everyone, especially kids. while actual baby boomers range from birth years 1944 to 1964, the stereotypical ‘boomer’ could probably just be 53, like my mom. she acts like a boomer.
Ex 1.)
old guy: “all you kids do is play on those fancy gadgets! back in my day we used to play outside in the mud and get dirty!”