boomers

/B UW1 M ER0 Z/

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.
syn:boomer

Synonyms

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.
6
A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
7
A bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
8
A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
9
A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
syn:sewellel sewellel beaver

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