Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Boomer slang

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The result was delete‎. Apart from the numerical majority of "delete" comments (5:2) there is the more important fact that deleters have given a number of policy compliant reasons, whereas both the keepers have just relied on OTHERSTUFF. JBW (talk) 21:08, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Boomer slang[edit]

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Does not meet WP:SALAT. This list is distinguished from other lists such as List of Generation Z slang by the cultural dominance of the baby boomers. It's impossible to imagine this list ever being complete because its scope is not constrained to a particular decade or subculture. ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 16:36, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 16:36, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep - This article is comparable to the Glossary of Texas A&M University terms or the aforementioned List of Generation Z Slang and does have a clear scope (being years Boomers have been alive) and can be attributed to multiple subcultures. I find the argument that "it's impossible to imagine this list ever being complete" weak because if someone takes the time to develop it, they will finish it due to the existence of numerous reliable sources Microplastic Consumer (talk) 17:55, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- Wikipedia is not a dictionary, plain and simple. Not only that, but as already mentioned, inclusion criteria is incredibly vague and subjective. I would recommend nominating other such lists of slang for the same reasons. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 19:42, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - Please see Category:Wikipedia glossaries - the Subcategories listed at the top, justify this one. — Maile (talk) 21:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see WP:Other stuff exists, where the existence of other similar articles is not a justification for the existence of this one. Moreover, this is not a glossary. The entry at wikt:glossary defines one as "A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations)." This is merely a list of slang words claimed to be used by old people. Besides the inclusion criteria issues I alluded to above, that's what a slang dictionary is, with the only exception being restriction to a vague timeframe or something. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 21:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the sourcing is too bad; BuzzFeed and BusinessInsider listicles (or "descriptions" that say the terms pre-date 1960). If there were better sourcing, I would support a re-factoring to be about "slang from the second half of the 20th century". Walsh90210 (talk) 23:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Walsh90201. These sources are very bad, BusinessInsider and Buzzfeed are just mediocre listicles, not reliable or useful sources. One is titled "20th-century slang terms", not terms used by Boomers specifically. Just because a term was coined or was used in the '60s doesn't make it "Boomer slang". Calling Flip-flops "thongs" is still in use by many. Searching for "submarine races" does give some results that corroborates the definition, but it doesn't appear to have been widely used. A quick search for "slurg" has zero sources that this was a even real term besides some articles about "50s slang", which would mean it's not "Boomer slang". "Skinny" is also still in use; if it was first used in WWII, what exactly makes it "Boomer slang"? Just a vague, awful list here that I don't think can be salvaged. Reywas92^Talk 14:18, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:06, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete We have the appropriately N terms already in the categories Category:1950s slang and Category:1960s slang; not only do we usually not classify trends under 'media names' for generations to begin with, we wouldn't do it under derisive nicknames either (Baby Boomer slang would be much more appropriate here). Nate • (chatter) 23:12, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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