# baby boomlet December/January

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boomlet-december-january/849631 "2020-03-17T04:54:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boomlet-december-january/849631/1 "2020-03-17T04:54:58Z")

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Well I guess its pretty easy to predict there will be an increase in babies coming up in a few months. I wonder what we should collectively call this product of virus quarantine?

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**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boomlet-december-january/849631/2 "2020-03-17T05:06:04Z")

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Kids from detention? 😃

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boomlet-december-january/849631/3 "2020-03-17T11:56:57Z")

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> [@Sigene](#):
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> Well I guess its pretty easy to predict there will be an increase in babies coming up in a few months. I wonder what we should collectively call this product of virus quarantine?

Somebody on Facebook suggested that just over a decade down the road these kids will be “Quaranteeners”

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boomlet-december-january/849631/4 "2020-03-17T12:03:30Z")

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Quite the opposite, in my book. Kid(s) at home all day --\> no opportunity for making whoopie.

So, maybe a boomlet in\* first \*children.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-boomlet-december-january/849631/5 "2020-03-17T12:48:27Z")

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Existing [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=891542).