BOOMER

/ˈbʉːmə/
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Definition

/ˈbʉːmə/
noun
  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. An adult male kangaroo.
  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. Something that makes a booming sound.
  4. (mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
  5. A device used to bind or tighten chain.

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