A baby boomer was a baby born after WWII. There was so many deaths during the war that people decided that they were gonna make lots of babies. It was called baby-boomer because there were lots of babies born.
The Great Depression was a time when few babies were born. Then WW2 came along and there was a baby boom when the soldiers returned home.
Yes! Especially in the Southern United States. It is often used as a fond, somewhat sardonic colloquial expression - even if the person addressed by this term is an adult. (i.e. "BabyBoomer")
The phrase came out of San Francisco, California. It has been thought it was Timothy O'leary to first use the phrase to give innocence to the drug culture. There was no "Baby-boom" after WWII. Actually, There was a percapita reduction in children born between 1943 and 1964. The actual percapita "Baby-boom" was in the 1800 to 1845 then again after 1964. But, the term BABYBOOMER GENERATION has to do with the DRUG CULTURE, and the Socialistic Movement in the USA.
The Beach Boys became famous because they put their music out to the people and gave them a sample of what they were going to be like as an American rock group. The people liked their music and they became what they are today