baby boomer

noun

a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.

baby-boomer

a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55

First recorded in 1970–75; baby boom + -er ¹

Still4Hill, who described her age as “baby boomer,” said it was the 2008 campaign that sparked her devotion.

Technically, Ramis was not a Baby Boomer, having been born in 1944.

We are two Democrats, one of us a baby boomer and the other a millennial.

To pollsters, a late 50-something is a Baby Boomer and an early 40-something is a Gen-Xer.

As long as we have baby-boomer nostalgia and Internet gossip, the tendencies to idolize or vandalize will be indulged.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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