1
: one that booms
2
: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area
3
: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)
4
: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer
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Is Gen Z really changing boomer habits or just rebranding them?
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airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
Vox’s daily explainer podcast has an episode all about the app and another one that breaks down a TikTok meme, OK boomer.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 10 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Gardening and homesteading, needlepoint, crochet — all of these activities typically enjoyed by boomers are taking off with younger generations now, according to TikTok.
—Brianna Crane, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
While a majority of the Senate is still from the baby boom generation, Gen X membership in the House now exceeds that of boomers for the first time: More than 180 representatives are from Gen X, and 170 are boomers.
—Joe Murphy, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025
Vox’s daily explainer podcast has an episode all about the app and another one that breaks down a TikTok meme, OK boomer.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 10 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Gardening and homesteading, needlepoint, crochet — all of these activities typically enjoyed by boomers are taking off with younger generations now, according to TikTok.
—Brianna Crane, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
While a majority of the Senate is still from the baby boom generation, Gen X membership in the House now exceeds that of boomers for the first time: More than 180 representatives are from Gen X, and 170 are boomers.
—Joe Murphy, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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