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notch baby

notch ba·by
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noch bey-bee]
    • /nɒtʃ ˈbeɪ bi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noch bey-bee]
    • /nɒtʃ ˈbeɪ bi/

Definition of notch baby words

  • noun notch baby a person who was born in the U.S. between 1917 and 1921 and as a retiree received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977. 1

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Origin of notch baby

First appearance:

before 1985
One of the 1% newest English words
1985-90; Americanism

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Parts of speech for Notch baby

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

notch baby popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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