baby-bust

baby-bust

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Baby Bust — Baby Busters is a term which is used interchangeably with Generation X and 13th Generation to describe those people born between approximately 1965 and 1979. Different experts have defined these birth years with some variation; the earliest start …   Wikipedia

  • baby bust — baby buster. a period of sharp decrease in the birthrate, as that in the United States after 1965. [1970 75, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • baby-bust generation —  The low birth rate generation after BABY BOOMERS.  ► “Limited expansion is expected over the next 10 years in the U.S. apartment market, primarily due to the middle aging of the population and the modest size of the baby bust generation.”… …   American business jargon

  • baby bust — noun Etymology: from baby boom (herein), after boom : bust : a marked decline in birthrate (as in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s) …   Useful english dictionary

  • baby bust — ba′by bust n. cvb a period of sharp decrease in the birthrate, as that in the United States after 1965 • Etymology: 1970–75, amer. ba′by bust er, n …   From formal English to slang

  • baby bust — noun Date: 1971 a marked decline in birthrate • baby buster noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • baby bust — noun N. Amer. informal a temporary marked decrease in the birth rate. Derivatives baby buster noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • baby boom —    The term refers to the sharp increase in the rate of births in Europe and the US after 1945, when soldiers returned from the war. The boom continued almost uninterrupted to 1964, followed by a slump (or baby bust) in the mid 1960s. It is… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • baby buster — noun a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically • Syn: ↑buster • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑soul * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • baby buster — noun see baby bust …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”