geriatric millennial
- noun
- /ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪk mɪˈlɛniəl/
- Slang
:
milenial geriátrico
- As a geriatric millennial, he remembers life before the internet was everywhere.
Examples
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Many geriatric millennials struggle to keep up with social media trends.
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Many geriatric millennials find themselves acting as a bridge between Gen X and younger millennials.
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The article humorously described what it means to be a geriatric millennial in today's tech-savvy world.
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As a geriatric millennial, I often feel lost at tech conferences.
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As a geriatric millennial, she often feels out of touch with the latest smartphone features.
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Many geriatric millennials remember a time when texting wasn't the primary way to communicate.
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The podcast discussed the challenges that geriatric millennials face in adapting to new technology.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase conveys a millennial who is relatively old or out of touch, which an intermediate learner can infer from combining 'geriatric' (relating to old age) with 'millennial' (a person of that generation). However, the use is metaphorical/hyperbolic (a medical term applied jokingly) and carries pragmatic nuance about tone and approximate birth years that may not be fully predictable, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Geriatric millennial mixes geriatric (very old) and millennial (people born around 1980). Picture someone who remembers life before smartphones and so sometimes feels a bit 'out of touch' with new trends, which is why it means 'a millennial born in the late 1970s to early 1980s who feels somewhat out of touch with newer trends and technology'.
