a brief increase, as in business activity or political popularity
Word origin
[1875–80, Amer.; boom1 + -let]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: graph, hat trick, massage, neoclassic, weekend-let is a diminutive suffix attached to nouns (booklet; piglet; ringlet), and, by extraction from bracelet, a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the partof the body specified by the noun (anklet; wristlet)
Examples of 'boomlet' in a sentence
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There are sceptics about this poetry boomlet.
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The boomlet has increased his workload.
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For months, pundits predicted that his popularity was a political 'boomlet'; a phenomenon that would soon wane.
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This is awfully late in the game for a boomlet for someone so unserious, though.