boemerangkind
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Etymology edit
From boemerang (“boomerang”) + -s- + kind (“child”), a 21st century coinage that gained currency in the 2010s due to housing shortages and concomitant price hikes (which make it difficult for young adults, particularly students, to support themselves financially while living on their own). Possibly a calque of English boomerang kid.
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boemerangkind n (plural boemerangkinderen, diminutive boemerangkindje n)
- (Netherlands) boomerang child, boomerang kid (someone who returns to live in their parents' home after having previously left to live on their own)