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baby buster en · NOUN

Etymology

From baby bust + -er, following baby boomer.

Meanings

1. Someone born between the baby boom and the baby boomlet; a Gen-Xer.
   • The solution of some is to design what are in effect baby buster churches, or at least baby buster church services. 2009, D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism, page 45:
   • As was made clear in Section III. A, a baby buster spends more time with his parents, since the burden of taking care of one's parents is shared by fewer siblings. 2001, Erik Lueth, Can inheritances Alleviate the Fiscal Burden of An Aging Population:
   • The force of media means that popular culture creates the sensibility, rather than offering a 'statement' of the 'authentic baby buster mentalitae ' (2005:19). 2013, American Smart Cinema, page 8:
   • Since today’s young adults were born during a period when the U.S. birthrate decreased to half the level of its postwar peak, in the wake of the great baby boom, they are sometimes called the baby busters. By whatever name, so far they are an unsung generation, hardly recognized as a social force or even noticed much at all. 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time:
   • In the medium term, 2015-2030, the average baby boomer is of age 60-75 – his parents are no longer living in this period — and the average baby buster is of age 30–45. 2012, Jan B. Kune, On Global Aging:

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