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Boomer

/ˈbʉːmə/

A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

📖 Definitions of "Boomer"

noun
  1. 1

    A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

noun
  1. 1

    An adult male kangaroo.

  2. 2

    (by extension) A person who does not know how to utilize new technologies well.

    "I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone."

  3. 3

    Something that makes a booming sound.

  4. 4

    (mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.

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