boomer
boomer¹
Definition
boomer (bo̵̅o̅m′ər)
noun
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Etymology: < boom
Informal a worker, as in bridge construction, who travels about, working for different employersboomer²
Definition
boomer (bo̵̅o̅m′ər)
noun
boomer
Usage Examples
Possessives
- generation: The number of American pensions is rising rapidly as the ' baby boomer ' generation reaches retirement age.
- retirement: That trend will accelerate as the post war 'baby boomers ' reach retirement.
Converse of object
- age: He says aging baby boomers will insist on cars and trucks that take their diminished hearing, vision and physical abilities into consideration.
- have: Shriver has smug liberal baby boomers in her crosshairs and Kevin is a chillingly good shot.
- retire: So with an upcoming wave of retiring baby boomers they need to have long-term safe investments.
Adjective modifier
- 'baby: Population changes are predicted over the coming years as the 'baby boomer - age wave ' grows older.
- most: For most boomers, their inheritance will be the largest single financial transaction most they will ever handle.
- post-war: And the NHS has ample time to prepare for when the post-war baby boomers reach their 80s.
- Many: Many boomers also have some hippie clothes stashed somewhere.
- liberal: And it seems that affluent, liberal baby boomers, like you Prospect readers, retain a disproportionate influence over the country's affairs.
- young: End a career younger baby boomers their own risk.
Modifies a noun
- generation: To date, over 60,000 people from the baby boomer generation have responded to a survey called Have Your Say.
- age: Through this benefit annual benefits which baby boomers age sense it pays.
- retirement: This is a question being asked by a growing number of people as the baby boomer generation approaches retirement.
Noun used with modifier
- baby: Baby boomers like me made money by gearing up to buy property in London in the 1970s, for two rather lucky reasons.
- post: That trend will accelerate as the post war 'baby boomers ' reach retirement.
- war: That trend will accelerate as the post war 'baby boomers ' reach retirement.
- insurance: Massive california child health insurance program baby boomer file a lawsuit structural access to disabilities be able.
- health: Massive california child health insurance program baby boomer file a lawsuit structural access to disabilities be able.
- counter-culture: According to their guru, Howard Rheingold, the values of the counter-culture baby boomers are shaping the development of new information technologies.
