boomerspeak
boomerspeak noun: the style of language characteristic of baby boomers.
Noun (1)
boomerspeak (uncountable)
- The style of language characteristic of baby boomers.
- Take away my right to try something you see as "unhealthy" (which is just Boomerspeak for "indecent") – and you're taking away the texture, the essence, of life itself.2003 May 1, Johanna Huden, “The Boomers' Clampdown”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2024
- Your grandparents probably told you not to burn your bridges. In Boomerspeak, that means not telling people off just for the sake of telling them off.2009, Jim Finkelstein, Mary Gavin, Fuse: Making Sense of the New Cogenerational Workplace, Austin, T.X.: Greenleaf Book Group Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 152
- Synonyms:
- boomerese
Noun (2) capitalized: Boomerspeak
Boomerspeak (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of boomerspeak.
Synonyms of boomerspeak
Forms of boomerspeak
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Origin of boomerspeak
From boomer + -speak.
Questions about boomerspeak
- What does boomerspeak mean?
- Boomerspeak means the style of language characteristic of baby boomers.
- What part of speech is boomerspeak?
- Boomerspeak is a noun.
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