Why We Can’t Ignore “OK Boomer”

Michael R. McBride
4 min readNov 20, 2019

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Ten years from now, we probably won’t be saying “OK Boomer”. As a matter of fact, I’d be surprised if it’s still popular ten weeks from now. We’ve likely already observed the high water mark: a politician in New Zealand citing the phrase on the floor of parliament. It’s gone mainstream. Any last vestiges of “cool” will be discussed, debated, and think-pieced to death. (I’m well aware of the irony of saying this — please allow me the…

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Michael R. McBride

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