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# boomer

noun (boomer, boomers)

«boomer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A baby boomer, a person born in the years just after the Second World War, roughly 1946 to 1964, when many babies were born. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#m1)
2. (slang) «OK boomer» is a teasing way to brush off an older person's opinion as old-fashioned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#m2)
3. (Australia) A large male kangaroo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday and online talk, «boomer» is often used about grandparents' generation. «OK boomer» is a cheeky put-down and can be rude. In Australia, a boomer is a big kangaroo.

### Examples

- My grandparents are baby boomers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#x1)
- Lots of boomers grew up without the internet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#x2)
- He said «OK boomer» to his uncle and got told off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#x3)
- A huge boomer hopped across the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#x4)
- Boomers remember the first Moon landing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#x5)
- Not every older person is a boomer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/#x6)

### Note

«OK boomer» can be rude and disrespectful; avoid it with adults. In Australia, the kangaroo sense is common and friendly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boomer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boomer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boomer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boomer.html) on Mova free.