boomerang child
noun
: a young adult who returns to live at his or her family home especially for financial reasons
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As the pandemic persists, Wall Street bankers, Uber drivers, academics, artists and many other adults have turned reluctantly into boomerang children, uprooting their independent lives and migrating home.
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Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 15 May 2020
Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 15 May 2020
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First Known Use
1988, in the meaning defined above
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“Boomerang child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomerang%20child. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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