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boomer shooter

boomer shooter noun: a first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, characterized by fast-paced action and movement, point shooting, and simple graphics.

Noun

boomer shooter (plural boomer shooters)

  1. (Internet) A first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, characterized by fast-paced action and movement, point shooting, and simple graphics.
    • Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem 3D are boomer shooters.

Forms of boomer shooter

pluralboomer shooters

Origin of boomer shooter

Compound of boomer (“elderly or out-of-touch person”) + shooter, alluding to the old age of the games or the people who typically play them.

Questions about boomer shooter

What does boomer shooter mean?
Boomer shooter means a first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, characterized by fast-paced action and movement, point shooting, and simple graphics.
What part of speech is boomer shooter?
Boomer shooter is a noun.
What is the plural of boomer shooter?
The plural of boomer shooter is boomer shooters.

Words near boomer shooter in the dictionary

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

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