Interjection: "(Internet slang) used to sardonically counter or dismiss an older person (typically a baby boomer) as lacking understanding of circumstances, priorities, or culture"
2019, "Editorial: With high college costs, state should give more funding", The State News (Michigan State University), 21 November 2019, page 2:
People who went to college decades ago might talk about how they were able to pay to go to college by working part-time or working a summer job, even though college was substantially more affordable then.
To that, we would say, “OK boomer, we're just asking for the same opportunities you got, and that students around the world get.”
2019, Hunter Garza, "New rallying cry in age-old clash of generations", Et Cetera (Eastfield College), 4 December 2019, page 9:
OK, boomer. We get it. You're grump and old and we're walking around changing the status quo.
2019, Jad Abukasm, "Simply Scientific: Cognitive bias", The Concordian (Concordia University), 10 December 2019, page 4:
Have you ever scrolled through social media comments to find a 63-year-old trying to argue with recognized experts about climate change? Then, you understand the gist of it. OK, boomer, am I right?
2020, Kyle Adam, "'OK Boomer'", The Gaudie (Aberdeen University), 15 January 2020, page 15:
I also resent the term “Snowflakes” that boomers frequently throw at us, usually when topics such as gender and sexuality come up. […] They’re clearly all homo- and/or transphobic bigots with no intention of ever building a discourse because boomers would rather resort to name-calling. OK boomer, sit down.
On one level, I understood Parker. She came up in an era when putting up with male misbehavior was just part of the job of being a journalist. Sometimes you could make lemonade out of lemons; maybe she genuinely enjoyed “flirting” with Matthews. But to insinuate that what other women experienced with the host was equally enjoyable, well, OK Boomer. (And I say that as a boomer.)
Interjection: "(Internet slang) used to facetiously suggest that someone is old, boring, or out-of-touch"
2019, Emily Kroseberg, "How to be a holiday cheermeister", The Daily Cardinal (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Fall 2019, page 4:
Call your friends, cuddle up in your pajamas, grab some snacks and, most importantly, turn your phone off (I know, Ok boomer).
2019, Scott Grams, "Working Like Dogs", The Landscape Contractor, December 2019, page 5:
When I was growing up (Ok, Boomer) the only office that had a dog was a firehouse.
2019, Sean Kelly, "Auld Lang Bye: your NYE roundup", Connect Savannah, 25 December 2019 - 31 December 2019, page 19:
Ah, New Year's Eve. Some might mark the occasion with a quiet night at home (OK, boomer), […]
2020, Mike Allen, "The Great Escapes", The Business Voice, Winter 2020, page 24:
If you’re of a certain generation, “The Great Escape” conjures images of Stalag Luft III and Steve McQueen trying to jump a barbed-wire fence on a motorcycle. OK boomer, I get it, but if you are in Fairfax or Arlington you might be thinking one or both of the newest escape rooms in the Northern Virginia suburbs.
2020, Lora Wimsatt, "A Timeless Message For 2020", Owensboro Parent, January/February 2020, page 13:
For someone like me who is old enough to remember to remember when “The Year 2000” sounded like science fiction (OK Boomer), this is an opportunity to talk to my grandchildren.
2020, Mark Hendrickson, "'A tremendous accomplishment:' A review of 'Antigone & the King'", The Collegian (Grove City College), 14 February 2020, page 14:
They played other miscellaneous supporting characters, too, but the opening sequence – in which a couple of them acted like immature 12-year-olds or ditzy airheads (OK, Boomer, the reviewer says to himself: GCC students surely have a different way of saying this today) – those scenes were hoots.
