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."