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English

Etymology 1

zoom +? -er

The sense of "active baby boomer" is influenced by the word boomer, and is attributed to Moses Znaimer.

Noun

zoomer (plural zoomers)

1. That which zooms.
   • 2011, Gavin Lyall, Uncle Target

     The car zoomed – the driver was definitely a zoomer – away to some unknown car pool […]

2. A kind of small swim fin.
3. A baby boomer with a very active lifestyle.

Derived terms

• rotozoomer

Etymology 2

Portmanteau from Generation Z and boomer (“baby boomer, a person born between 1945 and early 1960s”). Merriam Webster identified the earliest use as being made on 16 March 2016. Urban Dictionary view statistics suggest that the second sense began gaining traction in mid-2018 before peaking in January 2020.

Noun

zoomer (plural zoomers)

2. A member of Generation Z. [from late 2010s]

   Synonym: Gen-Zer

   Coordinate term: millennial

Alternative forms

• Zoomer

See also

Further reading

• “Words We're Watching: 'Zoomer'”, in Merriam-Webster?^[2], 2020-01-13

References

French

Verb

zoomer

1. (photography) to zoom, to zoom in

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

zoomer

1. present of zoome

English

Adjective

zoomier

1. comparative form of zoomy: more zoomy