Frombaby bust +‎-er, followingbaby boomer.

babybuster (pluralbaby busters)

1. Someone born between thebaby boom and thebaby boomlet; aGen-Xer.
   • 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, inTime‎^[1]:

     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 thebaby busters. By whatever name, so far they are an unsung generation, hardly recognized as a social force or even noticed much at all.

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

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

   • 2009, D. A. Carson,The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism, page45:

     The solution of some is to design what are in effectbaby buster churches, or at leastbaby buster church services.

   • 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 averagebaby buster is of age 30–45.

   • 2013,American Smart Cinema, page 8:

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

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