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boomer remover

boomer remover noun: COVID-19 (“the disease”) or SARS-CoV-2 (“the virus”).

Noun

boomer remover (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang) COVID-19 (“the disease”) or SARS-CoV-2 (“the virus”).
    • We’re being instructed to return COVID possible patients back to their “3 per room” SNF prior to receiving test results. […] Fuck, they're taking #boomerremover seriously2020 March 16, SliverMcSilverson, “Anyone else seeing this”, in Reddit
    • On February 29 this year, Twitter user @nurselietv posted the tweet “I heard someone call the coronavirus the ‘boomer remover’.”2020 March 17, Anne Acuña, “Internet riled up over cruel new Gen-Z, Millennial clapback calling COVID-19 as ‘Boomer Remover’”, in InqPop!

Origin of boomer remover

From being an agent that removes baby boomers from the living population, i.e. kills them, as older people are more susceptible to the virus. (See quotations below.)

Questions about boomer remover

What does boomer remover mean?
Boomer remover means COVID-19 (“the disease”) or SARS-CoV-2 (“the virus”).
What part of speech is boomer remover?
Boomer remover is a noun.

Words near boomer remover in the dictionary

  1. boomdas
  2. boomed
  3. boomed off
  4. boomer
  5. Boomer Bay
  6. boomer remover
  7. boomer shooter
  8. boomer shooters
  9. boomerang
  10. boomerang babies
  11. boomerang baby

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