whippersnappers
Brash young upstarts
Whippersnappers are young people considered presumptuous or overconfident beyond their experience.
The word is old-fashioned and usually playful, employed by older speakers commenting on youth who don't know their place: These whippersnappers think they invented everything.
The singular whippersnapper is less common but carries the same dismissive affection.
People not yet adult
- upstartsPresumptuous newly successful people
- kidsYoung human offspring
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
young ones · striplings · sprouts · tadpoles · young bucks · greenhorns · fledglings · younglings
Presumptuous newly successful people
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- cheekinessLighthearted disrespect
- brashnessHasty, overconfident manner
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
sassiness · cockiness · presumptuousness · insolence · disrespect · boldness · impudence · nerve
Senior community members
- old-timersLongtime participants or members
- curmudgeonsBad-tempered, stubborn people
- get-off-my-lawnStereotypical curmudgeon's complaint
- respectRegard with honor
generation gap · traditions · wisdom · experience · entitled · coddled · snowflakes · millennials
youngsters
People not yet adult
teenagers · young ones · striplings · sprouts · tadpoles · young bucks · greenhorns · fledglings · younglings · minors
upstarts
Presumptuous newly successful people
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- cheekinessLighthearted disrespect
- brashnessHasty, overconfident manner
audacity · sassiness · cockiness · presumptuousness · insolence · disrespect · boldness · impudence · nerve · gall
elders
Senior community members
- old-timersLongtime participants or members
- curmudgeonsBad-tempered, stubborn people
- get-off-my-lawnStereotypical curmudgeon's complaint
respect · generation gap · traditions · wisdom · experience · entitled · coddled · snowflakes · millennials · Gen Z
- youngsterskids, children, youngsters, toddlers, babies
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
whippersnapperselders
Senior community members
old-timers · veterans · pensioners · seniors · old hands