| Remark after not getting a modern reference |
New York Times Mini |
16 Oct 2025 |
| "Can't believe that was 20 years ago now!" |
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| Lament from the nostalgic |
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| My reaction when people call Nirvana "classic rock" |
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| Exclamation after realizing your younger colleagues don't get your references |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Remark from one who feels out of touch |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Exclamation upon realizing that an Olympian was born in 2012, maybe |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Comment after realizing you're sleepy at 8 p.m. |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Exclamation after misunderstanding some Gen Z slang, say |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Appropriate reaction to Macaulay Culkin's 40th-birthday tweet in 2020 |
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| "Kids these days!": 2 wds. |
Commuter |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Exclamation after realizing some Gen Alpha kids are 14, maybe |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2024 |
| "Kids these days!": 2 wds. |
Commuter |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Exclamation after not understanding Gen Z slang, maybe |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2024 |
| "I can't believe 'Legally Blonde' came out over 20 years ago!" |
Universal |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Exclamation upon realizing that people born in 2000 can legally drink now, maybe |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2021 |
| 'All this kid stuff now, it's crazy' |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2020 |
| "___ enough to be ..." |
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