I'm noticing an uptick in terms like "Elder Gen X", "Elder Millennial" and "Elder Gen Z / Elder Zoomer".
I wonder if it is coming from an orchestrated push to obfuscate the fact that the total failure of pandemic public health policies and leadership is prematurely killing off generations of actual elders.
#Language #Pandemic #Linguistics
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