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boomlet

noun

Etymology

From boom + -let.

  1. borrowed from bommen
  2. borrowed from bummen
  3. suffixed as boomlet — “boom + let”

Definitions

  1. A small period of rapid growth.

    • This is the twentysomething generation, those 48 million young Americans ages 18 through 29 who fall between the famous baby boomers and the boomlet of children the baby boomers are producing.
    • There was a boomlet in fitness centers as corporations sweetened their programs to pay for part of their employees' gym memberships […].

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