April 14 – They are everywhere

They are everywhere
here, there, voting, taking charge
beware … the kidults

I saw this for the first time in print this morning in the Guardian in a headline about Coachella. I don’t know much about Coachella or Burning Man but when I saw the word, kidult, I focused mentally for about 10 minutes on the word.

First I thought how perfect it was.

Then, how scary.

Described so much about I see at work, online, on TV and in life.

I googled the word and learned it had first been used in 2009 and again in 2013.

I think its too good a word to not join the front rank of generational adjectives of Y2K, GENX and Baby Boomer.

Kidults. Truly terrifying.

But does this happen to each generation?

Hippies scared the heck out of my parents I am sure.