"boomerang parent"

[Joel S. Berson]

"These political mothers are part of a much broader trend. Let's call
them boomerang parents, for want of a better term. They're not
exactly returning to the nest, as many young adults have done when
the cost of living on their own was prohibitive or the accommodations
on entry-level salaries not what they were accustomed to. Instead,
these elderly parents, after decades in their own homes, are choosing
to share a nest with their adult children."

 From "Boomerang Parents", by Jane Gross, New York Times, Nov. 18, 2008.
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/boomerang-parents/

My encounter was Nov. 11, 2012, with "boomerang mom", in "Child's
Education, but Parents' Crushing Loans", by TAmar Lewin, also
NYTimes, where the choice to share is not as free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/business/some-parents-shouldering-student-loans-fall-on-tough-times.html?pagewanted=all

There is also "Boomerang Parents - What Are Boomerang Parents?", By
Susan Adcox, About.com:
http://grandparents.about.com/od/grandparentingtoday/g/Boomerang.htm

Not in UrbanDictionary or ADS-L archives or Language Log, I believe.

Google Books suggests that there are instances earlier than 2008,
some with distinctly different meanings from the above and some
without preview.

Joel

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