Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boomer remover

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: boomer re-mover
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

COVID-19 (“the disease”) or SARS-CoV-2 (“the virus”).

Derogatory; Humorous; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We’re being instructed to return COVID possible patients back to their “3 per room” SNF prior to receiving test results. […] Fuck, they're taking #boomerremover seriously"
"On February 29 this year, Twitter user @nurselietv posted the tweet “I heard someone call the coronavirus the ‘boomer remover’.”"
"Ageism has been blamed for islands of death in nursing homes (Mueller, 2020), and for a spike in intergenerational animosity, as captured in internet epithets such as “grandma/grandpa killer,” “boomer remover,” and “boomer doomer” (pre-Covid-19; “coffin dodger”)."
"This was supposed to be the #BoomerRemover .... they truly are the worst generation."

Etymology

From being an agent that removes baby boomers from the living population, i.e. kills them, as older people are more susceptible to the virus. (See quotations below.)

Usage

Phrases

OK, boomer

Frequently Paired Words

OK, boomer

Questions

What does boomer remover mean?: COVID-19 (“the disease”) or SARS-CoV-2 (“the virus”).
Where does boomer remover come from?: From being an agent that removes baby boomers from the living population, i.e. kills them, as older people are more susceptible to the virus. (See quotations below.)

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