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boomerspeak
noun 2
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3ADJ.
indecent
VERB + BOOMERSPEAK
bridges
PREP.
in, into
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noun
1
The style of language characteristic of baby boomers.
Take away my right to try something you see as "unhealthy" (which is just Boomerspeak for "indecent") – and you're taking away the texture, the essence, of life itself.
Your grandparents probably told you not to burn your bridges. In Boomerspeak, that means not telling people off just for the sake of telling them off.
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of boomerspeak.
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Take away my right to try something you see as "unhealthy" (which is just Boomerspeak for "indecent") – and you're taking away the texture, the essence, of life itself.
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Your grandparents probably told you not to burn your bridges. In Boomerspeak, that means not telling people off just for the sake of telling them off.
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Many of these pieces had been around before, but as boomerspeak, they crystallized into a genre ripe for parody. Boomerspeak's canonical features include the dot dot dot, repeated commas, and the peri
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