different between boomer vs elderly

English

Etymology

boom +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu?m?(?)/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bu?m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bum?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?b??m?/
• Rhymes: -u?m?(r)

Noun

boomer (plural boomers)

1. An adult male kangaroo.
2. (informal) Ellipsis of baby boomer.

   Coordinate term: zoomer

   • 2007, Leonard Steinhorn, The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy, Macmillan (?ISBN)

     To the many Boomers who sensed that something had gone awry in Greatest Generation America, Mad was a glimmer of truth, a benign but trenchant voice against hypocrisy and pretense, a way to laugh at parents who fretted over status symbols and authorities who talked one way but acted another.

   • 2014, Melvin Delgado, Baby Boomers of Color: Implications for Social Work Policy and Practice, Columbia University Press (?ISBN), page 4:

     These fears have been exacerbated by the recession, which forced many boomers to turn to Social Security earlier than anticipated because of long-term unemployment and financial crises (Johnson and Wilson, 2010a, b).

3. (slang, sometimes derogatory, by extension) An elderly person.

4. (slang, sometimes derogatory, by extension) A person who does not know how to utilize new technologies well.

5. Something that makes a booming sound.
   • 2010, Pearl Cleage, Till You Hear from Me (page 151)

     That's when the Rev let loose one of those great big boomers of a laugh. It was so loud in the closed space, the effect was what Wes imagined it felt like to hear a bullet fired in a car.

6. (US, mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
7. A device used to bind or tighten chain.

   Synonym: chain binder

8. (US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
   • 1990, The Hunt For Red October:

     Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny.

9. (Britain) A bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
10. (Appalachia) A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
11. A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).

    Synonyms: sewellel beaver, sewellel

Derived terms

• echo boomer
• grandboomer
• OK, boomer

See also

References

• boomer at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Broome

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer. Equivalent to boom +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: boo?mer

Noun

boomer m (plural boomers)

1. (informal) A baby boomer, stereotypically associated with selfish or old-fashioned ideas. [from ca. 2000]

French

Etymology

Borrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer; mainly through the expression OK, boomer. Equivalent to boom +? -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.mœ?/

Noun

boomer m (plural boomers, feminine boomeuse)

1. (Internet slang) A baby boomer, an old person stereotypically portrayed as ignorant of new technology or modern concepts.

English

Etymology

elder +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ld?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ld?li/
• Hyphenation: eld?er?ly

Adjective

elderly

1. old; having lived for relatively many years.

   Synonyms: elder, old; see also Thesaurus:elderly

2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

   Synonyms: dated, outworn, decrepit, timeworn; see also Thesaurus:obsolete, Thesaurus:deteriorated

Translations

Noun

elderly (plural elderlies)

1. An elderly person.
2. (with article, collective) Older people as a whole.

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