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baby boomer
baby boomern. A person born during a baby boom, especially the one in the United States and Canada from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s.ba′by boom`er
n. (sometimes caps.) a person born during a baby boom, esp. one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  baby boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers"boomerindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"baby boom, baby-boom generation - the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II |
baby boomer
baby boomerAn American person born during the "baby boom" following World War II, between the years of 1945 and 1965, during which the population of the United States increased by 40 percent. Typically used to describe members of this generation, who have been associated with economic prosperity, consumerism, self-indulgence. Primarily heard in US. Since baby boomers represent such a large percentage of the population, financial experts are concerned about the impact their retirement will have on the economy.See also: baby, boomera ˈbaby boomer (American English also a ˈboomer) a person born during a period when many more babies are born than usual (called a baby boom), especially after the Second World War: The new President was a baby boomer, born in the 1950s.See also: baby, boomer(baby) boomer n. someone born during the baby boom—from the last years of World War II until the early 1960s. When the baby boomers get around to saving up for retirement, you’re going to see a lot of investment scams. See also: baby, boomerbaby boomerOne of approximately 77 million persons born during the two decades following the end of World War II (1945). In 1951, a New York Post columnist Sylvia Porter is thought to have been the first to call the large postwar increase in births a “boom.” The return of veterans and the expansion of the economy with higher incomes are some of the factors accounting for the increase. Healthier and wealthier than previous generations, the baby boomers to some extent rejected traditional values and embraced social and cultural change. Their identity as a group was indicated by Time magazine’s choice of the Baby Boom Generation as its 1966 “Man of the Year.” Aging baby boomers, so characterized after they reached the age of 40, are still named by the cliché. A June 13, 2010, article by Patricia Cohen in the New York Times said, “Baby boomers have long been considered the generation that did not want to grow up, perpetual adolescents even as they become eligible for Social Security.”See also: baby, boomerbaby boomer
A member of the post-World War II ‘baby boom’ generation, which corresponds to those individuals born after the end of WWII—1945 until 1964baby boomerAny person born in the years immediately following the end of World War II (usually defined as the years 1946–1964) when birth rates in the U.S. were unusually high. FinancialSeeBaby BoomersAcronymsSeebaseballbaby boomer
Related to baby boomer: Generation YSynonyms for baby boomernoun a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950sSynonymsRelated Words- individual
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- baby boom
- baby-boom generation
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