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boomlet

[ boom-lit ]

noun

  1. a brief increase, as in business activity or political popularity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boomlet1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; boom 1 + -let

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Example Sentences

There are plenty of individual choices within each of those boomlets, but the problem isn’t personal, it’s systematic.

From Time

And if she does buck that tide, it does not necessarily mean that it is end of the Warren for President boomlet.

Instead, his reference to “my political future”  has created something of a Ben Affleck boomlet.

The most recent Booker boomlet began at the end of the summer, during the Democratic convention.

The Portman boomlet picked up momentum when Politico ran this headline: “Rob Portman tops veepstakes.”

This Gingrich boomlet is the same thing as the Michele Bachmann boomlet and the Rick Perry boomlet.

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