boomerese

See also: Boomerese

English

Alternative forms

Boomerese

Etymology

From boomer +‎ -ese.

Noun

boomerese (uncountable)

(informal) The (style of) language characteristic of baby boomers.
Synonym: boomerspeak
- 1994 March 7, Dick Feagler, “Language, there it goes again”, in The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Oh., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-A, column 1:
  This is our first First Family from the baby-boomer generation. And, naturally, they speak boomer. In so doing, they legitimize boomerese. No more fines for “goes” for “said.” The language has changed and that’s just the way it goes.
- 1999 October 13, noel_k...@my-deja.com, “MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW FAQ.”, in alt.fan.bgcrisis‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2025-02-27:
  actually there is no common boomerese.
- 2002, Ken Wilber, “The_Integral_Vision@IC.org”, in Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free, Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 392:
  “So, in this lifetime, will we live to see anything resembling an integral culture? Will a substantial portion of the population evolve from green meme to second tier, so that truly integral endeavors—from integral spirituality to integral medicine to integral education to integral business to integral politics—might begin to flourish, altering the shape of every institution on the planet? / “To lapse into boomerese, will we make it from the ‘green paradigm’ to an ‘integral paradigm’? […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerese.
(informal, figuratively) Behavior or attitude characteristic of baby boomers.
- 1995 November 21, AJF...@aol.com, “Gen X”, in bit.listserv.techwr-l‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2025-02-27:
  Near as I can tell, Gen X is boomerese for "Don't trust anyone under 30."
- 1997 June 5, Jon Keller, “A boomer band keeps the faith”, in The Boston Globe, volume 251, number 156, Boston, Mass.: Globe Newspaper Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A25, column 5:
  “Our roots are very American,” notes [Emilio] Castillo. And their attitude is classic boomerese. “If you listen to Tower of Power,” Castillo says, “you’ll notice we don’t fit so well with what’s going on in the industry, and you know what? We don’t want to fit.” / “It’s tough to label them, and it’s been tough to market them, and maybe that’s why they appeal to people like us,” says Jack Silva, a fortysomething officer at a New Bedford bank. Towerheads are acutely aware of the generational connection.
- 2007, Chuck Nyren, quoting Ageless Marketing blog, “Afterword to the Second Edition”, in Advertising to Baby Boomers, 2nd edition, Ithaca, N.Y.: Paramount Market Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 149:
  How does a company get snookered into buying into such claptrap? The answer is that it all starts with flawed research, the results of which are almost certainly memorialized by whip smart under-40 creatives (or immature over-40 creatives) who have total certainty about their ability to speak “boomerese.”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerese.