Ok Millennial

About

Ok Millennial is a disparaging phrase used to dismiss people born between the years 1981 and 1996. Following the rise in popularity of the phrase Ok Boomer, "Ok Millennial" became a retort to the insult.

Origin

On December 8th, 2009, Twitter ^[1] user @ABQcandacebeeke tweeted the earliest available usage of the phrase (shown below). They wrote, "OK, Millennial. What the heck is this fwix thing about? GVSU increases degrees awarded."

Spread

Over the next decade, the phrase slowly grew in usage. On April 4th, 2016, Redditor ^[2] Abarf wrote, "Umm, yeah… Ok Millennial Entitlement guy.. 'IT's ALL ABOUT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!'" The following month, Redditor^[3] lloyd67 used the phrase on the /r/AdamCarolla subreddit.

In 2019, the phrase reached a new level of usage. On October 10th, 2019, Redditor^[4] MentleGentlemen098 used the phrase in the /r/TooMeIrlForMeIrl.

On October 29th, Redditor^[5] just_as_sane wrote in the /r/Showerthoughts subreddit, "Millennials all say 'ok boomer' now, but someday, someone will say 'ok millennial' in the exact same way." The post received more than 23,000 points (84% upvoted) and 1,600 comments.

That day, Urban Dictionary ^[6] user GretaThunbergIStheFUTURE defined the phrase as "When millennials start saying some ignorant and closed minded, and hypocritical things and Zoomers are tired of their behaviour" (shown below).

On November 12th, Myrna Blyth, the editorial director of AARP Media told Axios,^[7] "OK, millennials. But we're the people that actually have the money." Many online criticized the point on Twitter (examples below).

Days later, NPR published a piece on Morning Edition entitled "#OkBoomer Vs. #OkMillennial: Workplace Nightmare, Or Just A Meme?"

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