Phrase guide
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noun
A first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, focusing on action and fiction rather than realism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
A modern first-person shooter that imitates such games in terms of gameplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Compound of boomer (“elderly or out-of-touch person”) + shooter, alluding to the old age of the games or the people who typically play them.
