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boomeritis

noun

Etymology

From boomer + -itis, coined by Ken Wilber in Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free (2002).

  1. borrowed from bommen
  2. borrowed from bummen
  3. suffixed as boomer — “boom + er”
  4. suffixed as boomeritis — “boomer + itis”

Definitions

  1. A narcissistic liberal worldview associated with baby boomers.

    • Techies were the most juvenile, but other wealthy men, in the full throes of boomeritis, also acted like kids in a candy store.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA