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Boomer vs Booner - What's the difference?

boomer | booner |

As nouns the difference between boomer and booner

is that boomer is an adult male kangaroo while booner is (australia|chiefly|canberra|slang) a person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off or booner can be (us) a trophy size big game animal, as measured by the ranking criteria.

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

    booner

    English

    Etymology 1

    Suggestions are: * From boondocks. * From the name of the town of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, chiefly, Canberra, slang) A person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off.
  • (Australia, slang, derogatory) A bogan.
    • Synonyms
    * (car-proud person) hoon, petrolhead

    Etymology 2

    From the .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A trophy size big game animal, as measured by the ranking criteria.

    • Anagrams

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