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Boomer Remover is slang for Covid-19 developed by teens in February 2020 due to the baby boomer generation's susceptibility to the virus. The term became a popular slang for coronavirus in March 2020 on Twitter and Reddit.

Origin

On February 29th, 2020, Twitter user @nurselietv^[1] first mentioned the term boomer remover on Twitter when referring to the coronavirus with the tweet, "I heard someone call the coronavirus the 'boomer remover'" (shown below).

Precursor

On March 1st, 2018, Twitter user @shoe0nhead^[6] was the first one to use the term on Twitter by responding to a political tweet with "i need a bottle of Boomer Remover stat" (shown below). The tweet gained over 1,200 likes in 12 days.

Spread

On March 10th, 2020, Redditor DiamondLord2 uploaded an expanding brain post to r/memes^[2] referring to the Coronavirus as Boomer Remover (shown below, left). On March 13th, Twitter @PearlteaRizzy^[3] tweeted, "Millennials and Gen Z: dying from depression, homelessness, nonliving wages, mass shootings, poor healthcare, etc Boomers: Walk it off, snowflakes. Millennials and Gen Z: calls coronavirus Boomer Remover Boomers: NOW LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHITS HOW DARE YOU PEOPLE ARE DYING" (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 75,000 likes and 17,700 retweets in a day.

That same day, Twitter user @DerArschloch^[4] tweeted "Boomer Remover has logged on" with a meme regarding baby boomers and the virus (shown below, left). The tweet received over 6,700 likes and 1,000 retweets in a day. Twitter user @oatmilkstanacct^[5] tweeted a comparison of the term corona virus and boomer remover (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated over 50,500 likes and 7,600 retweets in a day.

On March 13th, Perez Hilton posted a TikTok video about being a "Boomer" when younger people are calling the corona virus the boomer remover (shown below). The video garnered over 780 likes in a day.

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