boomerese
boomerese noun: the (style of) language characteristic of baby boomers.
Noun (1)
boomerese (uncountable)
- The (style of) language characteristic of baby boomers.
- This is our first First Family from the baby-boomer generation. And, naturally, they speak boomer. In so doing, they legitimize boomerese. No more fines for “goes” for “said.” The language has changed and that’s just the way it goes.1994 March 7, Dick Feagler, “Language, there it goes again”, in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-A, column 1
- actually there is no common boomerese.1999 October 13, noel_k...@my-deja.com, “MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW FAQ.”, in alt.fan.bgcrisis (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025
- Synonyms:
- boomerspeak
- Behavior or attitude characteristic of baby boomers.
- Near as I can tell, Gen X is boomerese for "Don't trust anyone under 30."1995 November 21, AJF...@aol.com, “Gen X”, in bit.listserv.techwr-l (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025
- “Our roots are very American,” notes [Emilio] Castillo. And their attitude is classic boomerese. “If you listen to Tower of Power,” Castillo says, “you’ll notice we don’t fit so well with what’s going on in the industry, and you know what? We don’t want to fit.” / “It’s tough to label them, and...1997 June 5, Jon Keller, “A boomer band keeps the faith”, in The Boston Globe, volume 251, number 156, Boston, Mass.: Globe Newspaper Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A25, column 5
Noun (2) capitalized: Boomerese
Boomerese (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of boomerese.
- “I never expected you to be a whole glory of women,” Darcy said. “Don’t blame me for the shifts in the attitudes of men. Get stuck into Helena Rubenstein . . . swab that cosmetic mob who bribe women to be frail to delude men.” / “Your Boomerese is already showing,” Goldie said.1981, Paul John Radley, chapter 18, in Jack Rivers and Me, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, published 1986, →ISBN, page 189
- The Busters have a right to be angry, but what can they do about it? The Boomers, born when families had three or four kids, outnumber them. Because of their numbers and money (“disposable income” in Boomerese) they are demographically desirable to advertisers, and television and movies continue to...1991 November 17, Bill Everhart, “From baby boom to bust”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 99, number 190, Pittsfield, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E2, column 3
Synonyms of boomerese
Forms of boomerese
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Origin of boomerese
From boomer + -ese.
Questions about boomerese
- What does boomerese mean?
- Boomerese means the (style of) language characteristic of baby boomers.
- What part of speech is boomerese?
- Boomerese is a noun.
Words near boomerese in the dictionary
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