The state government wants to ban intergenerational terms such as “boomer” and “millennial” to avoid divisiveness and fueling stereotypes about older Western Australians.
As part of the government's Challenge Your Bias campaign launched on Tuesday to combat ageism, the Department for Communities has produced a guide to inclusive language, which also calls for an end to phrases such as “over the hill” and “you can”. “I can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”