boomer

[ boo-mer ]

noun

1. Informal. baby boomer ( def ).
2. a period of sudden and decisive economic growth:

   July was a boomer for the retail trade.

3. 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.

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

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

5. a person or thing that booms:

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

6. an enthusiastic supporter; booster:

   The boomers tell us our town can double its size.

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

boomer

/ ˈbuːmə /

noun

1. a large male kangaroo
2. informal.
   anything exceptionally large

Word History and Origins

Origin of boomer¹

First recorded in 1820–30; 1975–80 boomer fordef 1; boom ¹ + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of boomer¹

from English dialect

Example Sentences

When replicated at a larger scale, this can lead to false memories—something we see everywhere from boomer Facebook groups bemoaning the disappearance of “proper binmen” to political movements that exploit these feelings of nostalgia, which essentially trade on the false premise that everything was better in the past.

From Slate

"Older baby boomer voters are aging out of the population, and they're being replaced by younger, millennial and Gen Z voters who are not as attached to the Democratic Party. So nobody really knew that they had to make the case to these folks through aggressive targeting."

From Salon

Maybe he’s just being a boomer dad, and it’s easier for him to ask about my finances than my feelings.

From Salon

The boomer postwar thing — there was some lovely stuff, and it was an innocent age, but there was a f— of a lot that was not right.

From Los Angeles Times

“Some observers think this shift is driven by the ‘revenge of Boomer feminists’ among the women of that famous generation, all of whom are now over 65 but who cut their political teeth in the battle for equality when they were much younger,” Hais and Winograd wrote.

From Salon