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Generation X

Also Gen·X, Gen-X

[jen-uh-rey-shuhn eks]

noun

  1. the generation born between about 1966 and 1980.



Generation X

noun

  1. members of the generation of people born between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s who are highly educated and underemployed, reject consumer culture, and have little hope for the future

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˌGeneration ˈXer noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Generation X1

First recorded in 1990–95; named after the novel of the same name by Douglas Coupland (born 1961), German-born Canadian artist and novelist
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Generation X1

C20: from the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
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Musk took to his social media site, X, with a very Generation X response for his 220 million followers: "Whatever".

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People belonging to Generation X and younger may have encountered their elders' reluctance to talk about it, perhaps because it was close enough for some of our parents to have fought in it, and because our defeat contradicted the post-World War II orthodoxy of American strength and goodness.

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As a member of Generation X, timing was on her side.

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The London-born James began his music career in the proto-punk band London SS, which featured future members of the Clash and Generation X. He soon met another local band, Masters of the Backside, which featured future Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde, vocalist Dave Vanian, bassist Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies.

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One related to Generation X, which ushered sex positivity into the mainstream, being the main cohort slogging through it.

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