I don't spend much time interacting with zoomers, but I'm still surprised that "spicy $foo" sends fellow boomers through such a loop. I didn't have to puzzle it out, it was fun juxtaposition wordplay and when it's deployed well I still find it amusing.

This is an odd criticism. I am (A) a zoomer and (B) I wasn’t criticising the use of the word spicy? I am saying the comparison itself is bad