babyboomer
noun[C]
(alsobaby-boomer)uk/ˈbeɪ.bi ˌbuː.mər/us/ˈbeɪ.bi ˌbuː.mɚ/apersonwho wasbornduring thebabyboom(= alargeincreasein thenumberofchildrenbeingborn)thathappenedin the UK and the USfollowingthe SecondWorldWar:
Manybabyboomersarecontinuingtoworkwell pastretirementage.
Thebookdiscussesthesocialandeconomicconsequencesof theageingbaby-boomerdemographic.
Compare
boomer
- Thefactis thatimmigrantsareneededtoreplenishadwindlingworkforceasbabyboomersretire.
- Nostalgicbabyboomerswithmoneyarefeedingamarketforcustom-madeguitars.
- Theserviceisaimedatretiringbaby-boomers andactiveseniorswith plenty ofdisposableincome.
- Thisgenerationrepresentsalmostasbigamarketforcarsastheirbabyboomerparents.
Describing age & birthdays
- age
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc.idiom
- gone
- junior
- millennial
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of40, 50, etc.idiom
- ripe
- senior
- something
- spring chicken
- take years offsomeoneidiom
- teens
- this side ofsomethingidiom
- twenty-first
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Groups of people