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."