boomer
See also: Boomer
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːmə(ɹ)/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuːmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbumɚ/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbʉːmə/
Audio (AU) (file)
- Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
boom + -er
Noun
boomer (plural boomers)
- An adult male kangaroo.
- Something that makes a booming sound.
- 2010, Pearl Cleage, Till You Hear from Me (page 151)
- That's when the Rev let loose one of those great big boomers of a laugh. It was so loud in the closed space, the effect was what Wes imagined it felt like to hear a bullet fired in a car.
- 2010, Pearl Cleage, Till You Hear from Me (page 151)
- (US, mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
- A device used to bind or tighten chain.
- Synonym: chain binder
- (US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
- 1990, The Hunt For Red October:
- Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny.
- 1990, The Hunt For Red October:
- (UK) A bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
- (Appalachia) A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
- A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
- Synonyms: sewellel beaver, sewellel
Noun
boomer (plural boomers)
- (informal) Ellipsis of baby boomer.
- Coordinate term: zoomer
- Boomers came of age in the era of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
- 2007, Leonard Steinhorn, The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy, New York: Macmillan, →ISBN:
- To the many Boomers who sensed that something had gone awry in Greatest Generation America, Mad was a glimmer of truth, a benign but trenchant voice against hypocrisy and pretense, a way to laugh at parents who fretted over status symbols and authorities who talked one way but acted another.
- 2015, Melvin Delgado, Baby Boomers of Color […] , →ISBN, page 4:
- These fears have been exacerbated by the recession, which forced many boomers to turn to Social Security earlier than anticipated because of long-term unemployment and financial crises (Johnson and Wilson, 2010a, b).
- (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) An elderly person, regardless of generation.
- I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over.
- (by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.
- I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone.
Derived terms
- boomer remover
- boomer shooter
- echo boomer
- grandboomer
- OK, boomer
See also
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References
- boomer at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Broome
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer. Equivalent to boom + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuː.mər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: boo‧mer
Noun
boomer m (plural boomers)
- (informal) A baby boomer, stereotypically associated with selfish or old-fashioned ideas. [from ca. 2000]
French
Etymology
Borrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer; mainly through the expression OK, boomer. Equivalent to boom + -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.mœʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
boomer m (plural boomers, feminine boomeuse)
- (Internet slang) a baby boomer, an old person stereotypically portrayed as ignorant of new technology or modern concepts
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English boomer.
Noun
boomer m (invariable)
- boomer
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English boomer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.mɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -umɛr
- Syllabification: boo‧mer
Noun
boomer m pers
- (derogatory, Internet slang) boomer (person who does not know how to utilize new technologies well)
Declension
Declension of boomer
singular | plural | |
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nominative | boomer | boomerzy |
genitive | boomera | boomerów |
dative | boomerowi | boomerom |
accusative | boomera | boomerów |
instrumental | boomerem | boomerami |
locative | boomerze | boomerach |
vocative | boomerze | boomerzy |
Further reading
- boomer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- boomer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buː.m(ɯ)ɾ/
Noun
boomer (definite accusative boomerı, plural boomerlar)
- (slang) boomer, baby boomer
Declension
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Nominative | boomer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | boomerı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | boomer | boomerlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | boomerı | boomerları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | boomera | boomerlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | boomerda | boomerlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | boomerdan | boomerlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | boomerın | boomerların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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