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- noun informal A
narcissistic liberal worldview associated withbaby boomers .
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Orthopedic surgeons are seeing a "tidal wave" of 45 - to 64-year-olds suffering from exercise-related injuries they've dubbed "boomeritis," said Dr. Ray Monto, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
This week in safety: Recalled foods that may be in your cupboard 2009
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Orthopedic surgeons are seeing a "tidal wave" of 45- to 64-year-olds suffering from exercise-related injuries they've dubbed "boomeritis," said Dr. Ray Monto, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
This week in safety: Recalled foods that may be in your cupboard 2009
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"boomeritis" when he noted a surge in such injuries in people born between 1946 and 1964.
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"boomeritis" when he noted a surge in such injuries in people born between 1946 and 1964.
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"boomeritis" when he noted a surge in such injuries in people born between 1946 and 1964.
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"boomeritis" when he noted a surge in such injuries in people born between 1946 and 1964.
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"boomeritis" when he noted a surge in such injuries in people born between 1946 and 1964.
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You're credited with creating the term "boomeritis."
Excess Exercise 2008
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But boomeritis ailments are mostly overuse injuries; they're not those sudden injures where you shatter a bone.
Excess Exercise 2008
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Dr. Nicholas A. DiNubile, an orthopedic surgeon, coined the term “boomeritis” because of all the exercise-related injuries he was seeing.
Lange 2010 Jim Karas 2007
bilby commented on the word boomeritis
A repetitive strain injury suffered by boomerang throwers, whereby the elbow - being rudderless in psychomotor terms due to extreme muscle fatigue - thumps repeatedly and pointlessly against the side of the head. Not pretty. Several cases have been recorded in the Australian Ministry of Defence, the episodes becoming acute to life-threatening when Australia's participation in the War Of Terror is mentioned.
December 9, 2007