boomer

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Ellipsis of baby boomer.

1. A baby boomer.

   “Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.”

   “To the many Boomers who sensed that something had gone awry in Greatest Generation America, Mad was a glimmer of truth, a benign but trenchant voice against hypocrisy and pretense, a way to laugh at parents who fretted over status symbols and authorities who talked one way but acted another.”

2. An elderly person, regardless of generation.

   “I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over.”

3. A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology.

   “I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone.”