"baby buster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baby busters [plural]
Etymology: From baby bust + -er, following baby boomer. Etymology templates: {{af|en|baby bust|-er|id2=occupation}} baby bust + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby buster (plural baby busters)
  1. Someone born between the baby boom and the baby boomlet; a Gen-Xer. Categories (topical): Generations

Inflected forms

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