boomer shooter

English

Etymology

Boomer + Shooter

Pronunciation

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Noun

boomer shooter (plural boomer shooters)

  1. (Internet slang) A first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, focusing on action and fiction rather than realism.
    Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem 3D are boomer shooters.
  2. (Internet slang) A modern first-person shooter that imitates such games in terms of gameplay.

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