单词 | boomeranger |
释义 | boomerangern. 1. A person who throws a boomerang. ΚΠ 1857 Liberator (Boston) 5 June 89/2 Who does not admire the skill of the native boomeranger? 1962 Kenosha (Wisconsin) News 24 Sept. 4/6 During our months in Australia both my wife and I became expert boomerangers. Nothing in a hundred yards of us was safe, including the Mayor of Perth. 2009 M. C. King G'day, Sydney! x. 65 ‘Got the boomerang?’ Miley asked. ‘Right here,’ said Lilly, taking it from her bag. ‘May the best boomeranger win.’ 2. A person who returns to a place or situation after some time away; spec. a young adult who goes back to live in the family home after a period of independence (often in higher education), typically as a result of difficulties in finding full-time employment or affordable accommodation (cf. boomerang n. Additions). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] > one who returner1534 revisitant1831 revenant1867 comebacker1879 comeback1908 back-tracker1946 boomeranger1984 1984 W. Davis Fantasy 145 Some do go back [to Britain]. Of those, many come out [to Australia] for a second try. Australians call them boomerangers. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 13 Mar. ‘Boomerangers’ can be..divided by sex. Sons are tending to return home in greater numbers than daughters because, it seems, mothers tend to cook and wash more for their sons than for their daughters. 2005 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 8 May (Moneysense section) 1 By hiring a boomeranger, Fowler White Boggs Banker gets a familiar employee with a lot of new expertise. 2015 S. Villanueva Angst of Adolescence x. 149 I'm sure that some parents of ‘boomerangers’ hope that maybe, just maybe, one day, before they die, they will have the house to themselves and be free of parental responsibilities. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1857 |
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