zoomer

See also: Zoomer

English

Etymology 1

zoom +‎ -er

The sense of "active baby boomer" is influenced by the word boomer, and is attributed to Moses Znaimer.[1]

Noun

zoomer (plural zoomers)

  1. That which zooms.
    • 2011, Gavin Lyall, Uncle Target
      The car zoomed – the driver was definitely a zoomer – away to some unknown car pool […]
  2. A kind of small swim fin.
  3. (neologism) A baby boomer with a very active lifestyle.
    • 2010, Cheryl Cran, 101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work, →ISBN, page 15:
      A recent study released by the Conference Board of Canada states that the Zoomers (Baby Boomers who refuse to age), Gen X and Gen Y have more in common than we might think.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Portmanteau from Generation Z and boomer (“baby boomer, a person born between 1945 and early 1960s”). Merriam Webster identified the earliest use as being made on 16 March 2016. Urban Dictionary view statistics suggest that it began gaining traction in mid-2018 before peaking in January 2020.

Noun

zoomer (plural zoomers)

  1. A member of Generation Z. [from late 2010s]
    Synonyms: Generation Z, Generation Zer, Gen Z, Gen-Zer, Z
    Coordinate term: millennial
    • 2019 December 27, Anya Strzemien, “13 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2020”, in New York Times‎:
      Hug a Boomer/Xer/Millennial/Zoomer In case you missed it: Gen Z is mad at boomers for the state of the world; boomers are mad at Gen Z for being so dismissive; Gen X feels forgotten and yet resents even themselves; […]
Alternative forms
See also
Timeline of generations
Generation AlphazoomerGeneration ZmillennialGeneration YMTV generationGeneration Xbaby boomerSilent Generation

Further reading
  • “Words We're Watching: 'Zoomer'”, in Merriam-Webster‎, 2020-01-13

References
  1. Cheryl Cran (2010) 101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work, →ISBN, page 11: “The term “Zoomer” was coined by Canadian Moses Znaimer […] , well known for his contrarian views on aging and modern Baby Boomers.”

French

Etymology

From zoom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zu.me/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

zoomer

  1. (cinematography, photography) to zoom, to zoom in
    Antonym: dézoomer

Conjugation
Conjugation of zoomer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple zoomer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple zoomant
/zu.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle zoomé
/zu.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present zoome
/zum/		 zoomes
/zum/		 zoome
/zum/		 zoomons
/zu.mɔ̃/		 zoomez
/zu.me/		 zooment
/zum/
imperfect zoomais
/zu.mɛ/		 zoomais
/zu.mɛ/		 zoomait
/zu.mɛ/		 zoomions
/zu.mjɔ̃/		 zoomiez
/zu.mje/		 zoomaient
/zu.mɛ/
past historic2 zoomai
/zu.me/		 zoomas
/zu.ma/		 zooma
/zu.ma/		 zoomâmes
/zu.mam/		 zoomâtes
/zu.mat/		 zoomèrent
/zu.mɛʁ/
future zoomerai
/zum.ʁe/		 zoomeras
/zum.ʁa/		 zoomera
/zum.ʁa/		 zoomerons
/zum.ʁɔ̃/		 zoomerez
/zum.ʁe/		 zoomeront
/zum.ʁɔ̃/
conditional zoomerais
/zum.ʁɛ/		 zoomerais
/zum.ʁɛ/		 zoomerait
/zum.ʁɛ/		 zoomerions
/zu.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 zoomeriez
/zu.mə.ʁje/		 zoomeraient
/zum.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present zoome
/zum/		 zoomes
/zum/		 zoome
/zum/		 zoomions
/zu.mjɔ̃/		 zoomiez
/zu.mje/		 zooment
/zum/
imperfect2 zoomasse
/zu.mas/		 zoomasses
/zu.mas/		 zoomât
/zu.ma/		 zoomassions
/zu.ma.sjɔ̃/		 zoomassiez
/zu.ma.sje/		 zoomassent
/zu.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — zoome
/zum/		 — zoomons
/zu.mɔ̃/		 zoomez
/zu.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

zoomer

  1. present of zoome
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