If you come at Captain Kirk with an “OK Boomer” you better be prepared to be boomed

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Star Trek actor William Shatner waded into a generational row last night as he took aim at the catchphrase 'OK Boomer' and feuded with a Twitter user who had blamed older people for millennial 'hardships'.

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Shatner, 88, is not a Baby Boomer - the generation born in the aftermath of World War II - but the phrase has been used mockingly against older people in general.

His Twitter row erupted on Wednesday after he had sent a mocking tweet to another user in a separate conversation.

One user, going by the name of Billie E, responded with the clapback: 'OK Boomer'.

Her has fewer than 200 followers and the tweet earned only eight likes, but Shatner quickly seized on the jibe.

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'Sweetheart, that's a compliment for me,' he wrote, triggering a largely supportive response from his followers.

Billie E defended herself, saying she was 'not really into pejoratives, but what's the term for people when they can't interpret a joke?'.

Shatner could not resist another dig at that, answering: 'Millennials?'.

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Another user, Courtney DeCamp, defended the term by saying it was not applied to all older people but only to 'ignorant ones'.

Shatner waded in again, asking: 'And just what are we ignorant about Courtney?

'We don't understand struggles? War? Depressions (economic not personal)? Inflation? Double digit Prime Interest rates?'.

DeCamp retorted that millennials had inherited 'hardships [which] are not their fault' and which many older people did not understand.

But Shatner was having none of it, asking: 'Is that all your generation does is point fingers and blame others for their pity parties?'

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'You don't get a participation trophy for life; you take what you get and play your best hand. It's been that way since forever,' he said.

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DeCamp went on to ask Shatner 'why are you so offended by a phrase that can't possibly pertain to you' because of his age.

'I said I'd wear that badge with honor,' Shatner replied last night - several hours after the row had first erupted.

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'Unlike you; the generations designation doesn't define me nor am I too worried about getting labeled because it makes no difference to me.

'You seemed to be obsessed; blaming other gens. Some millennials are pushing 40. You aren't kids.'

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