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boomer

[ boo-mer ]

noun

  1. a period of sudden and decisive economic growth:

    July was a boomer for the retail trade.

  2. a person who settles in areas or towns that are undergoing a period of rapid economic or population growth:

    He was among the first boomers to settle in the town when it began to grow.

  3. Informal. a person, fad, etc., that enjoys a brief popularity or financial success:

    This season's hit album turned the group into a boomer.

  4. a person or thing that booms:

    These speakers are real boomers with an amazing balance of bass to treble.

  5. an enthusiastic supporter; booster:

    The boomers tell us our town can double its size.

  6. Australian. a fully grown male kangaroo, especially a large one.
  7. Navy Slang. a submarine that can fire intercontinental ballistic missiles and especially those equipped with a nuclear warhead.
  8. Informal: Older Use. a wandering or migratory worker; hobo.


boomer

/ ˈ²ú³Ü˳¾É™ /

noun

  1. a large male kangaroo
  2. informal.
    anything exceptionally large
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boomer1

First recorded in 1820–30; 1975–80 boomer fordef 1; boom 1 + -er 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boomer1

from English dialect
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The baby boomer generation grew up in a world that looked, sounded and behaved more like the United States than ever before.

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Describing the demographics of the island, she said there was a mix of baby boomers and migrant retirees.

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And top millennial earners have seen their earnings increase far more dramatically than high-earning boomers’ wages grew during their prime working years.

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The youngest of the baby boomers are now in their early 60s, the peak age of wine preference, surveys show.

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Bill Clinton and Al Gore, two Southern white men with card-carrying membership in the centrist Democratic Leadership Council ended up finding it, largely by offering baby boomer identity cred in combination with pretty conservative ideology.

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