millennial
 OK boomerhumorous
a phrase used for replying to something said, usually by an older person, that suggests there is no use arguing with them because they do not know what they are talking about:
"Millennials expect life to be easy."—"OK boomer."
Boomers who have finished paying college tuition are ready to spend money on their own travels.
She said she didn't need a lecture from a boomer about her spending habits.

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Describing age & birthdays
advanced
age
age group
age limit
aged
going on
gone
grown up
knock
millennial
nonagenarian
ripe
sexagenarian
sixties
something
spring chicken
sweet sixteen
teens
twenties
twinkle

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Groups of people

boomernoun[C] (ANIMAL)

Australian English
a large male kangaroo: 大雄袋鼠
In this Australian version, Father Christmas rides on a sleigh pulled by six white boomers.

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Names for the male & female of animals
billy goat
bitch
boar
buck
bull
bullock
cob
cock
drake
drone
ewe
gelding
mare
nanny goat
sow
stag
stallion
steer
tigress
tom

boomer | American Dictionary

boomer
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbu·mər/
a baby boomer

boomer | Business English

boomer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbuːmər/us
US
→ baby boomer

Examples of boomer

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He also alerts us to the dangers of affluent baby boomers using their political clout to get policy precedence.
I'm a boomer ... boomers don't get old, you know ?
But what is clear is that there is little physical reason why boomers cannot be expected to push back the date of retirement.
When the baby boomer cohort starts entering old age, home ownership rates among older people are expected to continue to rise.
While many boomers express a preference to continue working, will they be healthy enough to act on this expectation?
In light of these concerns, baby boomers are driving the demand for food products generated by alternative agriculture practices.
The population of aging, health-conscious consumers ('baby boomers') will also increase.
But the impact of the baby boomers did not stop there.
As the baby boomers age, funding contributions will be higher than they would have been under the entry-age normal cost method.
Employers were able to let productive workers go because the influx of women and young baby boomers into the workforce created an ample supply of labor.
The collected chapters paint a mixed and not entirely consistent picture of how boomers are doing now and, via projections, how they may end up in retirement.
As the baby boomers now approach retirement, however, they will force the economy to adjust to the presence of a large older population within about a single generation.
Moreover, demographics - especially the baby boomers - have loomed large in the ability and continued willingness of governments to continue funding retirement schemes for the general population.
However, the lifecourse approach was a useful framework and the importance of individual experiences, class and gender were emphasised, within the historical context of the ' baby boomer ' cohort.
They can no longer turn to the surge of baby boomers entering the market or the rising tide of female employment to meet the demand for labor.
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