Etymology

From baby bust +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)#BABYBUSTER, following baby boomer.

Noun

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1. Someone born between the baby boom and the baby boomlet; a Gen-Xer.
   • 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time‎:

     Since today’s young adults were born during a period when the U.S. birthrate decreased to half the level of its postwar peak, in the wake of the great baby boom, they are sometimes called the baby busters. By whatever name, so far they are an unsung generation, hardly recognized as a social force or even noticed much at all.

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   • 2001, Erik Lueth, Can inheritances Alleviate the Fiscal Burden of An Aging Population:

     As was made clear in Section III. A, a baby buster spends more time with his parents, since the burden of taking care of one's parents is shared by fewer siblings.

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   • 2009, D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism, page 45:

     The solution of some is to design what are in effect baby buster churches, or at least baby buster church services.

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   • 2012, Jan B. Kune, On Global Aging:

     In the medium term, 2015-2030, the average baby boomer is of age 60-75 – his parents are no longer living in this period — and the average baby buster is of age 30–45.

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   • 2013, American Smart Cinema, page 8:

     The force of media means that popular culture creates the sensibility, rather than offering a 'statement' of the 'authentic baby buster mentalitae ' (2005:19).

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See also

Timeline of generations

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