Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

notch baby

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: notch ba-by
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person born between 1917 and 1921 who as a result, as a retiree, received lower cost of living increases in social security than others after Congress readjusted such benefits in 1977.

American usage; Informal

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

notch babies (plural)

Questions

What does notch baby mean?: A person born between 1917 and 1921 who as a result, as a retiree, received lower cost of living increases in social security than others after Congress readjusted such benefits in 1977.

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