Electric shock is the physiological reaction, sensation, or injury caused by electric current passing through the (human) body. It occurs upon contact of a (human) body part with any source of electricity that causes a sufficient current through the skin, muscles, or hair. Very small currents can be imperceptible.
baby boomer noun [C]. âº a âperson âborn during a baby âboom in the US between 1947 and 1961: Like âtypical baby boomers, they're making different âchoices than those of âtheir âparents' âgeneration. (Definition of baby boomer from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
'The Baby Boom' - as opposed to 'a baby boom', refers to the increase in population in the countries that were victorious in WWII. The period is generally regarded as beginning in 1946 and ending in the mid-1960s. grew up in suburban Massachusetts, a postwar baby boomer not used to seeing empty seats in classrooms or enough textbooks to go around.. The term 'baby boomer' was initially used simply with reference to the peaks in birth-rate in the USA and UK.