Boomer
(US, historical) A member of a 19th century movement which campaigned for the opening of "Unassigned Lands" within the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) for settlement.
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like i own slay the spire 2 and i had a lot of friends play bg3 but if you mentioned elden ring to a random boomer on facebook there's a 50% chance they'd know about it and like a 1% chance of baldurs gate 3 tbh
I didn't used to use the 100% emoji until my boomer coworkers used it enough that I started using it too...saying it out loud just makes me think of people saying "L O L" out loud.
Y now it's time for the fart show starring Donald Trump. Oh, OK Boomer.
Der heutige Left 4 Dead Gedächtnispreis für den boomerigsten Boomer in ganz Boomeristan geht heute an: This fucking Guy🤣
if anybody ever catches me posting old dinosaur millennial boomer shit like "Wow, you dastardly gen z kids are ruining work culture with your...tardiness, look, it's upsetting the boss!" please just shoot me in the head.
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(US, historical) A member of a 19th century movement which campaigned for the opening of "Unassigned Lands" within the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) for settlement.
Some skunk of a Sooner, sneaking in ahead of the Run, had set the blaze to keep the Boomers off, saving the land for himself.
“like i own slay the spire 2 and i had a lot of friends play bg3 but if you mentioned elden ring to a random boomer on facebook there's a 50% chance they'd know about it and like a 1% chance of baldurs gate 3 tbh”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I didn't used to use the 100% emoji until my boomer coworkers used it enough that I started using it too...saying it out loud just makes me think of people saying "L O L" out loud.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Y now it's time for the fart show starring Donald Trump. Oh, OK Boomer.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Der heutige Left 4 Dead Gedächtnispreis für den boomerigsten Boomer in ganz Boomeristan geht heute an: This fucking Guy🤣”
— Bluesky· May 2026“if anybody ever catches me posting old dinosaur millennial boomer shit like "Wow, you dastardly gen z kids are ruining work culture with your...tardiness, look, it's upsetting the boss!" please just shoot me in the head.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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