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  • Dave Wilton

Dave Wilton

21 Mar 2025 • 6 min read
B&W photo of a cat in a winged viking helmet and scale-mail breastplate, with the caption “Brünnhilde"

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Movie poster depicting actor Martin Freeman, playing the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, holding a sword
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Internet meme featuring the image of the Doge dog with the label “OK Boomer”

OK Boomer

3 December 2025 Ok Boomer is a dismissive reply by a young person directed at a Baby Boomer (or Gen Xer—the traditional generational boundaries are not always observed in the wild. The phrase is rather disrespectful of their elders, but after years of being blamed for not getting “real”
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