A metaphor for the rose-tinted glasses effect that boomers seem to have on their world views and ideals, that ends up spreading to other people who share their social circles. Can infect millenials, Gen-X's, Gen-Z's and even some Gen-C's.
Dad always kept going on and on about how great America is, and how we have freedom and we should be proud, despite the fact that guns don't keep us safe, in fact more people are killed by guns in America than anywhere else in the world. Pop really needs to take off his boomer blinders and look at the world from reality.
by The Macbroker February 09, 2021
The set of behaviours and beliefs that boomers gravitate towards when they lose touch with the non-boomer world.
Includes things such as:
- All caps facebook posts and comments that should be private messages
- Hating one's children or considering them to be entitled despite having to compete in a 10x harsher field
- Loving all ideas when said by a talking head on TV, but hating the same ideas when formulated differently (TV says we must fight Iran, but we cannot increase taxes or cut medicare for it)
- Drawings of skeletons riding motorcycles, for some reason
- The Myspace aesthetic, without even knowing what it is
Esoteric boomerism often takes the form of well-meaning advice that turns out to be so retarded it elicits the opposite reaction from its audience
Includes things such as:
- All caps facebook posts and comments that should be private messages
- Hating one's children or considering them to be entitled despite having to compete in a 10x harsher field
- Loving all ideas when said by a talking head on TV, but hating the same ideas when formulated differently (TV says we must fight Iran, but we cannot increase taxes or cut medicare for it)
- Drawings of skeletons riding motorcycles, for some reason
- The Myspace aesthetic, without even knowing what it is
Esoteric boomerism often takes the form of well-meaning advice that turns out to be so retarded it elicits the opposite reaction from its audience
Did you hear that Mike's grandparents charge them for Thanksgiving dinner while expecting them to fly to their mansion in California?
Oh dude, I thought my parents kicking me out of the house at 18 was peak boomerism, but this is esoteric boomerism
Oh dude, I thought my parents kicking me out of the house at 18 was peak boomerism, but this is esoteric boomerism
by Miss_chievous December 22, 2023
A 60 year old man, who gets “excited” by the idea of a bubble bath, alone with floral bath bombs, candles and Barry Manilow playing.
Karen’s estranged husband.
Karen’s estranged husband.
Everyone is invited to the party except the tripshiz boomers.
José: My neighbor called the cops during our party yesterday.
Mark: What a tripshiz boomer.
José: My neighbor called the cops during our party yesterday.
Mark: What a tripshiz boomer.
by Thom Hanksy Panksy January 13, 2023
A cruise ship usually patronised by Baby Boomers who enjoy each others company by bonding through "Back in my day..." or "Young people these days..." anecdotes.
Q. Hey John, where are your parents at the moment?
A. Sailing the Mediterranean in a 'Boomer Boat' with a bunch of other entitled geriatrics. Probably enjoying the Diarrhea phase of the cruise by now...
A. Sailing the Mediterranean in a 'Boomer Boat' with a bunch of other entitled geriatrics. Probably enjoying the Diarrhea phase of the cruise by now...
by Pecks 1970 January 19, 2021
by Johnston McKenzie May 06, 2023
Yanny - Stupid boomers, why didn't they use solar panels or windmills.
Lauren - Because they were super expensive and less effective at the time?
Yanny - That's no excuse, they should have looked at the icecaps! Besides, they had that oil-shortage in the seventies. Surely they should have seen the signs in the sky!
Lauren - Well - the icecaps weren't degrading as badly as today... I believe the oil-crisis was caused by international politics, and presumably some scientists predicted in the seventies that we were on the verge of a new ice-age.
Yanny - Greenpeace knew about global warming, but people didn't care.
Lauren - Sometimes Greenpeace went a little overboard, the petrolium industry was acting reactionarily not to mention lead-added gasoline, and people also worried more about the cold war for a long time...
Yanny - After the cold war ended, they should have done more!
Lauren - I think so too, but at that time, the effects of climate change were still lessened by the ocean dampening the effects.
Yanny - But in the 2000's, they must have known!
Lauren - Yeah, I think that was when the movement started to gather steam, and they also worried about 9/11.
Yanny - Aren't you just a boomer apologist?
Lauren - Aren't you boomer blaming?
Yanny - No, they are the reason the climate has gone crazy!
Lauren - Partially, but the effects take so long that...
Yanny - Ok, If I just say I am a boomer blamer will you shut up!
Lauren - Okay.
Lauren - Because they were super expensive and less effective at the time?
Yanny - That's no excuse, they should have looked at the icecaps! Besides, they had that oil-shortage in the seventies. Surely they should have seen the signs in the sky!
Lauren - Well - the icecaps weren't degrading as badly as today... I believe the oil-crisis was caused by international politics, and presumably some scientists predicted in the seventies that we were on the verge of a new ice-age.
Yanny - Greenpeace knew about global warming, but people didn't care.
Lauren - Sometimes Greenpeace went a little overboard, the petrolium industry was acting reactionarily not to mention lead-added gasoline, and people also worried more about the cold war for a long time...
Yanny - After the cold war ended, they should have done more!
Lauren - I think so too, but at that time, the effects of climate change were still lessened by the ocean dampening the effects.
Yanny - But in the 2000's, they must have known!
Lauren - Yeah, I think that was when the movement started to gather steam, and they also worried about 9/11.
Yanny - Aren't you just a boomer apologist?
Lauren - Aren't you boomer blaming?
Yanny - No, they are the reason the climate has gone crazy!
Lauren - Partially, but the effects take so long that...
Yanny - Ok, If I just say I am a boomer blamer will you shut up!
Lauren - Okay.
by Meh99 June 28, 2021
by yakovshmearnoff January 01, 2018