meme, dated
OK boomer
Meaning
- A dismissive reply to an older person’s out-of-touch complaint.
- Used to shut down generational lecturing without further argument.
“He said kids today have it easy. OK boomer.”
Where it came from
The phrase existed in scattered use from around 2015 but broke into the mainstream in late 2019, after musician @peterkuli’s October 2019 TikTok remix spread it as a reply to an older man’s viral rant about younger generations. It quickly became shorthand for generational friction.