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Boomer sayings really were a language of their own.

Living between Australia and the United States, I’ve noticed something quietly funny: Boomers in both countries confused their kids — just in completely different dialects.

From “broken record” and “flip your wig” to references like Fonzie or Ted Bullpitt, these phrases come from a world that feels both recent and strangely distant — rotary phones, four television channels, and physically getting up to change them.

In this episode, we explore the expressions that once made perfect sense… and now leave younger generations blinking.

We’ll look at:

• Classic Boomer sayings from Australia and the US
• Where those phrases came from
• What they actually meant at the time
• And what they reveal about the era that shaped them

It’s less about “kids today don’t get it” — and more about how quickly language moves on.

If one of these phrases takes you straight back to a moment, you’ll probably know exactly why.

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