Boomer

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The term boomer may refer to:

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Demographic

  • An abbreviation for baby boomer
  • A mostly archaic American term for workers who travel from location to location, following jobs as they become available, especially in the construction, electric power, petroleum, and railroad industries. This is the source of such terms as "oil boom" and "boomtown." "Boom up" means to move on to another job or location. "Bump up," a term used today in wildland fire, has the same meaning as "boom up" and is probably a bastardization of that term.
  • An early white settler of Indian Territory (Oklahoma). See Sooners.

Entertainment

  • Toledo High School Mascot in Toledo Oregon : A Boomer (Mountain Beaver) "GO BOOMERS"

Military

Nature

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