Disney Adults Know Your Meme

September 27,2024

Disney Adult is a slang term used disparagingly against adults who, whether they have kids or not, are overly obsessed with Disney and its products to the point where they treat it less like a company and more like a lifestyle and identity. Despite the phrase being coined in the late 2010s, Disney Adults have been a growing trend since Millennials and Gen Z grew up with the corporation’s intellectual properties in the 1990s and 2000s (a time in which Disney was rapidly growing) and have aged into adulthood but still held onto their '90s nostalgia in a form of corporate fanaticism. While some proudly identify as Disney Adults, the term is primarily used as a criticism or insult online toward those who refuse to grow up..
Disney Adult is a slang term used disparagingly against adults who, whether they have kids or not, are overly obsessed with Disney and its products to the point where they treat it less like a company and more like a lifestyle and identity. Despite the phrase being coined in the late 2010s, Disney Adults have been a growing trend since Millennials and Gen Z grew up with the corporation’s intellectual properties in the 1990s and 2000s (a time in which Disney was rapidly growing) and have aged into adulthood but still held onto their '90s nostalgia in a form of corporate fanaticism. While some proudly identify as Disney Adults, the term is primarily used as a criticism or insult online toward those who refuse to grow up.