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The term thirtysomething was initially introduced during the 1980s to describe a person of the Baby Boom generation, born durng the 1940s and 1950s . It has now entered common usage in the English Language to describe a person between the ages of 30-39. Almost immediately after the introduction of the 1980s television show, Thirtysomething , the term ''thirtysomething'' became a Catch Phrase used to designate Baby Boomers in their thirties. This cultural shift was reinforced by the Oxford English Dictionary {Link without Title} which added ''thirtysomething'' in 1993 (under the word ''thirty'') and defined the term as one which became: popularized as a catch-phrase by the U.S. television programme Thirtysomething , first broadcast in 1987 . . . applied to members of the ‘ Baby Boom ’ generation entering their thirties in the mid-1980s; also attrib. or as adj. phr. (hence, characteristic of the tastes and lifestyle of this group). In the early 1990s , the term '' Twenty Something '' was introduced to describe a younger generation. TRIVIA
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