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boomerang kid en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (informal) A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
   • Gerhard and Gale Kappe, an Oak Park, Ill., couple with two boomerang kids at home, could save more than $1,700. 1998 July, Kimberly Lankford, “The Right Insurance at the Right Price” (magazine article), in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Volume 52, Number 7, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., ISSN 1528-9729, page 79
   • And if you have left the “parental nest,” do you plan to return home as a boomerang kid once you complete your studies? 2009, Barbara A. Mitchell, Family Matters: An Introduction to Family Sociology in Canada, Canadian Scholars' Press, →ISBN, page 198:

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Relateds

failure to launch

Synonyms

boomeranger · boomerang baby · boomerang child

Translations (1)

nl boemerangkind (young adult who moved back into parental home)