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What animal is known as a 'boomer'?

Question #32178. Asked by punk boy.

bigg
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bigg

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a Kangaroo

Apr 23 2003, 1:47 PM
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Senior Moments

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As well as a full grown male kangaroo it can be anyone of us born in the 1950's, as it is the informal term for a Baby Boomer

Apr 23 2003, 2:15 PM
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Male kangaroos are called bucks, boomers, jacks, or old men; females are does, flyers, or jills, and the young ones are joeys. The collective noun for kangaroos is a mob, troop, or court. Kangaroos are sometimes colloquially referred to as roos.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo

Jan 25 2008, 11:16 AM
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