--- title: Hold My Avocado Is the New Viral Millennial Hashtag description: "Hold my beer" gets a 2017-appropriate upgrade with this new line, made popular by a now-viral tweet about generational challenges. canonical: https://time.com/4893355/hold-my-avocado/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-09T19:44:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:16.526Z og:title: "Hold My Avocado" Is the Viral Catchphrase Millennials Need og:description: Step aside, "hold my beer" og:url: https://time.com/4893355/hold-my-avocado/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1621ed3351087f/6988d911196cf46aa404163a/hold-my-avocado.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: Cropped Hand Holding Avocado Against Wall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: "Hold My Avocado" Is the Viral Catchphrase Millennials Need twitter:description: Step aside, "hold my beer" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d1621ed3351087f/6988d911196cf46aa404163a/hold-my-avocado.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Hold My Avocado' Is the Viral Catchphrase Millennials Have Been Looking For > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 9, 2017 7:44 PM UTC  Lina Bruins / EyeEm—Getty Images/EyeEm  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 9, 2017 7:44 PM UTC It’s been a fraught week in [politics](http://time.com/4892946/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-north-korea/), but naturally, the internet has been alight with [debate and discussion](http://time.com/4892949/rex-tillerson-donald-trump-north-korea-threat/) on the hot topic. But one commentator on Twitter went viral after he decided to compare the struggles of millennials today with those of the Baby Boom generation when they came of age, which was during the the [Cold War](http://time.com/3028202/in-the-latest-issue/) that shrouded previous generations in related fears about safety in the event of an attack. In the widely circulated tweet from Google Ventures partner [Ken Norton](https://www.kennorton.com/), the former product manager shared his view of the generational differences in a tongue-in-cheek hypothetical exchange — that concludes with perhaps the most zeitgeist-encapsulating catchphrase we’ve seen in a while. > [](https://twitter.com/kennethn/status/895036508163276801) “Hold my avocado” is a riff on two things. First, it takes advantage of the [“hold my beer” dialogue](http://time.com/4736157/sean-spicer-united-airlines-pepsi-meme/) construction that’s [become an internet joke](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hold-my-beer) to represent how politicians, brands, or other entities play a [race-to-the-bottom game](http://time.com/4736157/sean-spicer-united-airlines-pepsi-meme/) of putting their feet in their mouths. It was a fast favorite for some. > [](https://twitter.com/Bogdana/status/895180253018062848) > [](https://twitter.com/MBGlenn/status/895114011771064320) But the thing that makes this catchphrase relevant is the canny swap-in of “avocado” for beer. We live in the era of peak avocado consumption. The proliferation of all things avocado-related, from overpriced [toast](http://time.com/4861608/avocado-toast-cost-spending-americans-square/) to fancy [pizza](http://time.com/4801893/avocado-toast-pizza/) to elaborate [art](http://time.com/4815432/avocado-art-intricate/), has become shorthand for the trends and priorities that millennials, in particular, embody. 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