The Brief: Ok Zoomer is a possible response to Gen Zers who say "Ok Boomer."
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With the proliferation of terms including Ok Boomer, The Karen Generation, Ok Millennial, Ok Snowflake, and Ok Trumper, it’s no surprise that people are dishing out “Ok Zoomer” too.
Ok Zoomer is a dismissive insult that can be directed towards a member of Generation Z. It can be used by spiteful boomers or anyone else who the TikTok-loving generation may have upset. Ok Zoomer can be used as a serious drag, or as an ironic self-aware roast by zoomers themselves.
Perhaps “Ok Zoomer” marks the end of any meaning of these “Ok” quips. If everyone can use them, they may lose their power to insult and get lost in an echo chamber of intergenerational rivalry.
When someone starts bragging about their Bob the Builder knowledge…
Ok, zoomer. pic.twitter.com/JBISnEuEyd
— Streak (@StreakSmeargle) November 12, 2019
Millenial: Ok Boomer
Boomer: Ok Zoomer
Gen-X: It's cool, whatever, I'll be over here listening to Pearl Jam, Biggie, Tupac, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Madonna, Van Halen, NIN, Wu-Tang, etc. and figuring out the secret of life and not tell any of you when I get it.
— Dan Ruppert (@Dan_Ruppert) November 15, 2019
A reference to South Dakota’s “On Meth” campaign:
ok zoomer pic.twitter.com/XkqmApZnDZ
— m i t h (@ManlnTheHoody) November 18, 2019
Just realized boomers can say ok zoomer because I’m gen Z pic.twitter.com/mnwD72xAX8
— chaotic baby (@typicalbrie_) November 16, 2019
Ok zoomer pic.twitter.com/4QSBhyyCl5
— XrampageX93 (@X93Xrampage) November 20, 2019
Ok zoomer pic.twitter.com/B3A3UIHV8u
— MCR IS BACK IN BUSINESS| Daddy Long Richard (@marvelorbit) November 19, 2019
ok zoomerpic.twitter.com/grNk67tpCi
— cuck3000 (@weebophilia) November 19, 2019