| 单词 | boomerang children |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboomerang children As a modifier, designating or relating to young adults who return to live in the family home after a period of independence (often in higher education), typically as a result of difficulties in finding full-time employment or affordable accommodation; as in boomerang children, boomerang generation, etc.Cf. boomeranger n. 2. ΚΠ 1986 N.Y. Times 13 July (New Jersey Weekly section) 24/5 What is most puzzling to the parents of this Boomerang Generation is the ambivalent feelings they have toward their grown, live-in children. 1998 E. Nicol Anything for Laugh xv. 190 I was back living with my parents again... As a boomerang kid, I was starting to lose some of my novelty value, especially for my father. 2006 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 2 Aug. a3 Living at home longer and the boomerang trend are the new norm. 2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Feb. 26 A growing number of British families are resorting to adapting their homes to make room for the boomerang children who triumphantly flew the nest at 18, only to return..three years later. < as lemmas |
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