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."