boomer

noun boom·er

Updated on: 12 May 2018

Definition of boomer

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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The fastest-growing radio station in Chicago has no DJs, plays way too many songs, targets aging baby boomers and is so far down the FM dial it can’t be picked up by many car radios.

— robert channick, chicagotribune.com, "MeTV FM goes from low-power TV station to top-10 Chicago radio station," 3 May 2018
The most important is acute demographic pressures which have led aging baby boomers to prioritize saving for their retirement and encouraged German firms to invest in more promising overseas markets...

— tory newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Now comes Merkel. And the hard part.," 26 Apr. 2018
The third factor is the ageing of the baby-boomer generation, which is America’s most populous.

— The Economist, "The assisted-dying movement gathers momentum in America," 26 Apr. 2018
But that thinking is more prevalent among the boomer generation, and these folks are retiring.

— nicole spector /, NBC News, "How a day in a UPS big rig opened my mind to trucking," 15 Apr. 2018
While advertisers and the media fawn over the lucrative millennial audience, the real estate industry is starting to focus on another segment of the U.S. population: aging baby boomers.

— rene rodriguez, miamiherald, "A hipper replacement for senior living? These sleek new apartments are adults-only | Miami Herald," 2 Apr. 2018
Entering the labor market in tough times, millennials earn lower wages and have fewer fringe benefits than gen-Xers and late baby boomers did as young adults.

— erin arvedlund, Philly.com, "For millennials trying to save and invest, these Wharton MBAs show the way," 16 Mar. 2018
Many boomers look for large-print books, and the ability to change the font size of text on e-readers is a big plus.

— jan burns, Houston Chronicle, "More seniors embracing technology," 12 Feb. 2018
Getting more women into nontraditional certificate programs could help lift more families into the middle class and ease a labor shortage that is expected to only grow worse as more baby boomers retire.

— kelly field, The Atlantic, "Why Are Women Still Choosing the Lowest-Paying Jobs?," 25 Jan. 2018

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