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boomerish

boomerish adjective: characteristic of a baby boomer.

Adjective

boomerish (comparative more boomerish, superlative most boomerish)

  1. Characteristic of a baby boomer.
    • He identifies a lot with the Buster attitude, but when it comes to management style, he tends to be very performance-oriented, very Boomerish. He fixes his eyes on the goal, and sometimes he's hurt his relationships with people in that process.1996, Tim Celek, Dieter Zander, Patrick Kampert, Inside the Soul of a New Generation, page 143
    • Where “1999” proposed an apathetic solution to the problem of the oncoming apocalypse—dance!—in “America” Prince sees dystopia and offers nothing but what he sees: No solutions, no boomerish optimism, he's just a camera.2013, Touré, I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon, page 66

Forms of boomerish

comparativemore boomerish
superlativemost boomerish

Origin of boomerish

From boomer + -ish.

Questions about boomerish

What does boomerish mean?
Boomerish means characteristic of a baby boomer.
What part of speech is boomerish?
Boomerish is an adjective.

Words near boomerish in the dictionary

  1. boomerasks
  2. boomercide
  3. boomerese
  4. boomerhon
  5. boomerhons
  6. boomerish
  7. boomerism
  8. boomerist
  9. boomeritis
  10. boomers
  11. boomerspeak

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