Things were better back in my day. Now it’s just nonsense! Ok, boomer.

You’ve probably heard this expression. It means someone from an older generation.

A “boomer” is someone who was born during the baby-boom, between 1945 and the end of the 60s.

After the Second World War, the birth rate skyrocketed in the US and Western Europe.

There was an “explosion” of babies, or baby-boom.

This was due mainly to strong economic development. People were optimistic, so they had more children.