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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A boomerang child.
Etymologies
- boomerang + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In a way, anger is a boomerang -- so much so that we could rename it "boomeranger.”
“The typical stay is so long that researchers don't even count someone as a boomeranger until they've been home four months.”
“Until there's a job offer, this boomeranger says there's no place like home.”
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this modern world
Markers of the zeitgeist, don't expect all of these to go the distance. The great majority are taken from Paul McFedries's excellent book "Wordspy"
retail therapy, compulsive shoppi..., clicks-and-mortar, dot.commer, middlescence, boomeritis, dorian graying, sandwich generation, boomeranger, full-nest syndrome, wellderly, brand equity and 226 more...
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Almost Neologisms
Newly coined words & phrases that aren't in the dictionary but hopefully will be.
chatterati, unprotected sleep, circling the drain, fauxtography, bobbleheading, be plutoed, telepathetic, malicious obedience, mouse potatoes, deferred success, keyboard dyslexia, dot-bombs and 38 more...
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palooka An adult child who returns home to live with his or her baby-boomer parents per Word Spy Apr 14, 2007