Meaning of boomerese | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The (style of) language characteristic of baby boomers.
   informal, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of boomerese.
   alt-of, uncountable
3. Behavior or attitude characteristic of baby boomers.
   figuratively, informal, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“actually there is no common boomerese.”

““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’? […]”

“Near as I can tell, Gen X is boomerese for "Don't trust anyone under 30."”

““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.”

“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.””

““I never expected you to be a whole glory of women,” Darcy said. “Don’t blame me for the shifts in the attitudes of men. Get stuck into Helena Rubenstein . . . swab that cosmetic mob who bribe women to be frail to delude men.” / “Your Boomerese is already showing,” Goldie said.”

“The Busters have a right to be angry, but what can they do about it? The Boomers, born when families had three or four kids, outnumber them. Because of their numbers and money (“disposable income” in Boomerese) they are demographically desirable to advertisers, and television and movies continue to cater to them and probably always will.”

“I myself was born in 1962, and I often say that I am an Xer who speaks fluent Boomerese. People like myself (a sub-group that some sociologists call Generation Jones) can help translate for later Xers what drives Boomers, and likewise can give guidance to Boomers on “just what is the Xers’ problem, anyway?””

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