baby boomer

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noun

a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.

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Origin of baby boomer

First recorded in 1970–75; baby boom + -er¹

Words nearby baby boomer

baby-blue-eyes, baby bond, baby bonus, baby book, baby boom, baby boomer, baby boomlet, Baby-bouncer, baby broccoli, baby broker, Baby Buggy

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How to use baby boomer in a sentence

It does not come, by and large, from baby boomer evangelicals in Montana.
In attacking Ocasio-Cortez, Tucker Carlson maxes out on hypocrisy|Erik Wemple|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Season 2 of “Legacy List” launched this month against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, which has focused even more attention on the need for baby boomers to take stock of their possessions.
How downsizing expert Matt Paxton helps Americans sort through their stuff|Jura Koncius|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
Meanwhile, only 10% of Gen Xers and 7% of baby boomers say they’re likely to move out of their cities or counties.
Look out L.A. and New York: the migration wave lead by Gen Z and city dwellers is real|Lance Lambert|January 16, 2021|Fortune
Millennials, on pace to outnumber baby boomers by 2030, prefer to self-educate when reaching buying decisions.
What can 129 million calls tell us about inbound marketing? A lot, it turns out|Sponsored Content: CallRail|December 21, 2020|Search Engine Land

Krider says the pandemic has introduced a new audience to the world of RVs, once the province of the baby boomer generation.
The best winter road trips for RVs, from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the Florida Keys|Heather Balogh Rochfort|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
Still4Hill, who described her age as “baby boomer,” said it was the 2008 campaign that sparked her devotion.
Inside the World of Hillary Superfans|David Freedlander|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Technically, Ramis was not a Baby Boomer, having been born in 1944.
How Harold Ramis Invented Baby Boom Comedy With ‘Animal House’|P. J. O’Rourke|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are two Democrats, one of us a baby boomer and the other a millennial.
Goodbye, Blue: A Post-Obama Democratic Doctrine|Doug Schoen, Jessica Tarlov|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To pollsters, a late 50-something is a Baby Boomer and an early 40-something is a Gen-Xer.
The Rise of the New New Left|Peter Beinart|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As long as we have baby-boomer nostalgia and Internet gossip, the tendencies to idolize or vandalize will be indulged.
Why This Is Baseball’s Golden Age|Michael Brendan Dougherty|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for baby boomer

baby-boomer

noun

a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55

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