Gen X

Speech parts

1. Gen X - Noun

2. Gen X - Proper noun

Meaning

the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s)

Alternative names

Gen-X

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Examples

Gen Z was the majority cohort withdrawing cash, with 39% saying they had done so, followed by 37% of Gen X and 35% of millennials. Source: Internet

They defrauded the government and the IRS by claiming to transport biofuel made at a plant run by the Gen X Energy Group, formerly of Pasco and Moses Lake. Source: Internet

It’s a very muted form of Gen-X optimism/insecurity that evokes memories of a lot of inward (and sometimes, regrettably, outward) eye-rolling and cringing. Source: Internet

From the Baby Boomers of the 1950’s and 1960’s, to the Gen X of the 1970’s and 1980’s, to Gen Y or Millennials as they’re frequently labelled, entertainment has changed throughout each generation. Source: Internet

Her writing made her a Gen X icon who helped revive the personal memoir genre in the 1990s. Source: Internet

So, we have situations today, wherein a Gen X lady is obligated to guide and resolve issues of the Gen Z, without an adequate understanding of their attitudes / mind-sets. Source: Internet

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