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Boomer vs Boozer - What's the difference?

boomer | boozer |

As nouns the difference between boomer and boozer

is that boomer is an adult male kangaroo while boozer is one who drinks habitually; a drunkard.

boomer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adult male kangaroo.
  • A baby boomer.
  • A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
  • (US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
  • * 1990 , The Hunt For Red October :
    • Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny.
  • (UK) The bittern.

    • Derived terms

    * baby boomer * echo boomer * grandboomer

    boozer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) One who drinks habitually; a drunkard.
  • * 1891 , , 1963, page 25,
    • “Tess is a fine figure o? fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest,” observed one of the elderly boozers in an undertone.
  • * 1918 , Charles Stelzle, Why Prohibition! , 2008, page 49,
    • But they have only one insurance rate for ordinary men — drinkers and non-drinkers, and they compel the man who doesn?t booze to make up for the extra amount that the boozer should pay.
  • * 2009 November, Neville Franks, The Lost Boy of the Ozarks'', '' , page 82,
    • Every swig made me more relaxed, and happy, and I was definitely a boozer' again, and I wondered why I had ever thought I wasn't a ' boozer and I took another pull and I was going to clap BC on the back and thank him for being such a good hotel manager, and faithful guide, for being my friend, and then I passed out.
  • (UK, slang) A public house.
  • (UK, military, obsolete) A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers.
  • (Africa) A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations.
  • * 2010 June 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , page 2,
    • Mr. Mututho: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should assure the people of Vihiga that they will get a water boozer' because the sick people are not party to this complication. Could he assure the people that he can send a ' boozer in his capacity even if he cannot supply power or a standby generator, so that they can have a small well?

    Quotations

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    See also

    * booze

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