It's the evolution of the term "boomer," for whom lifestyles and values are completely different from the late '50s and '60s. The use has never been common enough to qualify for entry in our dictionaries, but it is still in current enough that Urban Dictionary includes the following entry:Ĭontrary to some other definitions here, " zoomer" does NOT refer to Generation Z. The word is also the name of a Canadian media company-publisher of Zoomer Magazine-that serves these zoomers. That's right: before zoomer referred to someone born in the late 1990s or early 2000s, it referred to an especially active baby boomer. Mary Jo Peterson, This Old House, March 2007 Here are a few of the top features I suggest for today's older but still active boomers-so-called " zoomers"-who want to be able to age in place. The target here, however, isn't so much technology enthusiasts as budget-conscious families and " zoomers,"-empty-nesters with disposable incomes-with relatively little technological savvy. It's all very well and good- zoomer contrasts nicely with boomer, and it rolls off the tongue better than Gen Zer-but long before zoomer referred to members of Generation Z, the word had another generation-related job in the language:Īt the Gateway store in San Diego, for example, the simple lettering and broad, inviting glass doors mimic Apples' chic and welcoming retail posture.
HNTB leaders contributing to the symposium agenda included presentations by … project architect Jennie Santoro on "Boomers to Zoomers: Passing the Torch to Generation Z!" The use goes back at least as far as 2016: Anya Strzemien, The New York Times, 29 Dec. May we recommend our 2018 piece on intergenerational friendship? Hug a Boomer/Xer/Millennial/ Zoomer >In case you missed it: Gen Z is mad at boomers for the state of the world boomers are mad at Gen Z for being so dismissive Gen X feels forgotten and yet resents even themselves and, not making anything much better, is the fact that five generations are currently coexisting in the workplace. When economists predicted another incoming recession earlier this year, millennials and zoomers joked that they were ready because they had nothing to lose in the first place. Sarah Weihert, The Lake Mills (Wisconsin) Leader 6 Jan.
If you're wondering who zoomers are, they make up Generation Z, and have barely made it out of puberty. What was the name of Roy Rogers' horse? The answer is Trigger. OK, zoomers: Here is your trigger warning. The zoomers follow the millennials (also known as Generation Y), who follow the Gen Xers, who follow the baby boomers. What Is a 'Zoomer'?Ī zoomer is, in the newest use of the word, a member of Generation Z, the generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Generation Z meaning of 'zoomer' goes back at least as far as 2016.
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