Well,Peter Baumgartner it happened. Twitter-using baby boomers, with their multitude of egg accounts, have started their own hashtag. But don't worry, the young people have regained control of #HowToConfuseAMillennial quickly, efficiently and hilariously.

The hashtag initially seemed to be a lighthearted joke about the generational differences between age groups and quickly descended into a fire ball of doomsday, petrol-bomb proportions.

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Sledging the youth for everything from poor spelling, an apparent dislike of gainful employment and the heinous crime of no longer using retro technology like rotary phones -- baby boomers went HAM.

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Tweeps born from about 1982 onward however, flipped the script with meme-worthy vigour, responding with the swiftness of a person who is young, nimble, and not yet embittered by their lot in life.

Some expressed genuine confusion.

Others pointed out the hashtag was straight up bullying.

Some dished back their own ice cold serving of generational stereotypes.

Some just thought highlighting the gorgeous hypocrisy of it all was the best approach.

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