baby boomer

American  

noun

1. a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.

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baby-boomer British  

noun

1. a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55

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Etymology

Origin of baby boomer

First recorded in 1970–75; baby boom + -er ¹

Example Sentences

At the same time, a record number of baby boomers are turning 65 — 11,000 of them every day — in a demographic wave known as “Peak 65.”

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What about baby boomers, the youngest of whom are now 61 and retiring at the rate of some 10,000 per day?

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“When you look at the baby boomer demographic, it is about to enter the 80s. When you are 80 and above, your propensity to require these services goes up dramatically,” he said.

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Related: Did baby boomers really have it easier than millennials?

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Some baby boomers are now in their 80s and will develop serious diseases like dementia that will dramatically increase Medicare expenditures.

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