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  2. Boomerang effect (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    The boomerang effect is when someone is trying to persuade someone to do a specific action, but they decide to do the complete opposite of the action they were told to do. [55] At the time of the incident there was a lot of unlawful killing of people of color and black people were not getting the same opportunities.

  3. Boomerang Generation - Wikipedia

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    In Western culture the Boomerang Generation refers to the generation of young adults graduating from high school and college in the 21st century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are so named for the percentage of whom choose to share a home with their parents after previously living on their own—thus boomeranging back to their parents' residence.

  4. Boomerang effect - Wikipedia

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    Boomerang effect may refer to: Boomerang effect (psychology) in social psychology; Imperial boomerang in sociology and political science; Unintended consequences in ...

  5. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

  6. Australian English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Skive (verb): To play truant, particularly from an educational institution. Australian English to wag; Sleeping policeman: Australian English speed hump or speed bump; Snog (verb): To kiss passionately, equivalent to Australian English pash; Sod: A mildly offensive term for an unpleasant person; Spinney: A small area of trees and bushes

  7. Imperial boomerang - Wikipedia

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    The imperial boomerang is the thesis that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques ...

  8. List of programs broadcast by Boomerang - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of programs currently airing on Boomerang's schedule as of January 2025. [1] A few of the programs are being run concurrently with Cartoon Network. An asterisk (*) indicates that the program is also airing on MeTV Toons. Two asterisks (**) indicate that the program is also airing on Discovery Family.

  9. Boomerang (TV network) - Wikipedia

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    Boomerang was created as a new home for these and similar programming, originating as a programming block on Cartoon Network that launched on December 8, 1992 until October 3, 2004. With Cartoon Network downplaying its archival programming in favor of newer original series, Turner launched the Boomerang cable channel on April 1, 2000.