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boomerang kids

boomerang kids is the plural of boomerang kid.

Meaning of boomerang kid

Noun

boomerang kid (plural boomerang kids)

  1. (informal) A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
    • Gerhard and Gale Kappe, an Oak Park, Ill., couple with two boomerang kids at home, could save more than $1,700.1998 July, Kimberly Lankford, “The Right Insurance at the Right Price” (magazine article), in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Volume 52, Number 7, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., ISSN 1528-9729...

Questions about boomerang kids

What is boomerang kids the plural of?
Boomerang kids is the plural of boomerang kid.

Words near boomerang kids in the dictionary

  1. boomerang effects
  2. boomerang illusion
  3. boomerang kick
  4. boomerang kicks
  5. boomerang kid
  6. boomerang kids
  7. boomerang pillow
  8. boomerang pillows
  9. boomeranged
  10. boomeranger
  11. boomerangers

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