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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Baseball is another perfect boomer intersection.
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
All told, boomers have amassed a staggering $82 trillion in net worth, more than twice that of Gen X ($42 trillion) and four times Millennials ($16 trillion), Investopedia reports.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Bayrou had argued that young people in France are being burdened with years of debt to accommodate boomers.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The subsequent brief spike represents the boomers born just after the Second World War.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
All told, boomers have amassed a staggering $82 trillion in net worth, more than twice that of Gen X ($42 trillion) and four times Millennials ($16 trillion), Investopedia reports.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Bayrou had argued that young people in France are being burdened with years of debt to accommodate boomers.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The subsequent brief spike represents the boomers born just after the Second World War.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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