Generation Xn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛnəreɪʃn ˈɛks/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɛnəˌreɪʃən ˈɛks/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: generation n., X n.

Etymology: < generation n. + X n. (compare X n. 3).On the connection between senses 1 and 2 see note at sense 2.

Originally North American.

1. A generation of young people about whose future there is uncertainty; a lost generation.In quot. 1977 as the name of a British punk rock band, said to have been taken from the title of Hamblett and Deverson's 1964 book about popular youth culture (see quot. 1964). See also note at sense 2.

ΚΠ

1952 Holiday Dec. 41/2 What, you may well ask, is Generation X?.. These are the youngsters who have seen and felt the agonies of the past two decades,..and who will have the biggest say in the course of history for the next 50 years.

1964 C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 8 The ultimate responsibility of Generation X is to guide the human race through the final and crucial decades of this explosive century into the enlightenment of the next one.

1977 Your Generation (record) (name of band) Generation X.

2. The generation of people born between the mid 1960s and the early 1980s and following the baby boomers (see baby boomer n.), originally characterized by older generations as disaffected, directionless, apathetic, or irresponsible, but in later life often regarded as self-sufficient, hard-working, adaptable, and resilient; = Gen X n.Now the usual sense.Popularized by the 1991 novel Generation X by Canadian writer Douglas Coupland, although he used the term in an earlier article (see quot. 1987), in which he also made a connection to the attitudes of the late 1970s punk rock band Generation X (cf. quot. 1977 at sense 1).Also sometimes referred to as the baby busters (baby buster n.), the post-boomers (post-boomer n.), or the latchkey generation.

ΚΠ

1987 D. Coupland in Vancouver Mag. Sept. 167/2 Everyone knows members of Generation X, but not necessarily why they are so misunderstood. Why can't they just get a normal job and shut up like everyone else?.. And why don't they like being called Baby Boomers?

1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 58/2 Maybe it's the pandemic shrug of Generation X, the futility felt by the young when analyzed to death by self-styled experts, carpet-bombed by music videos and wired to 157 channels with nothing on.

2021 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. d3 The reigning clichés about Generation X..are just that. Those so-called slackers who supposedly approached life with a collective shrug went on to pioneer the internet boom, advance issues like climate change and gay rights and, yes, sell out—meaning they forged careers, bought homes and raised families, just like adults of all generations.

Derivatives

ˌGeneration ˈXer n. a member of Generation X; = Gen Xer n. at Gen X n. Derivatives.

ΚΠ

1987 D. Coupland in Vancouver Mag. Sept. 169/2 Most Generation Xers consider themselves to be burning individuals who pooh-pooh trendiness and fashion.

1989 Toronto Star 24 Feb. b4 The other possibility..is that the Generation X-ers will cope by changing their goals or changing their behavior.

2014 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Magazine section) 6 The Generation Xer was less inclined to slavishly follow one career, or even one industry. They were more adaptable to change and less inclined to respect authority.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	generation x
释义	Generation Xn. Brit. /ˌdʒɛnəreɪʃn ˈɛks/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛnəˌreɪʃən ˈɛks/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: generation n., X n. Etymology: < generation n. + X n. (compare X n. 3).On the connection between senses 1 and 2 see note at sense 2. Originally North American. 1. A generation of young people about whose future there is uncertainty; a lost generation.In quot. 1977 as the name of a British punk rock band, said to have been taken from the title of Hamblett and Deverson's 1964 book about popular youth culture (see quot. 1964). See also note at sense 2. ΚΠ 1952 Holiday Dec. 41/2 What, you may well ask, is Generation X?.. These are the youngsters who have seen and felt the agonies of the past two decades,..and who will have the biggest say in the course of history for the next 50 years. 1964 C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 8 The ultimate responsibility of Generation X is to guide the human race through the final and crucial decades of this explosive century into the enlightenment of the next one. 1977 Your Generation (record) (name of band) Generation X. 2. The generation of people born between the mid 1960s and the early 1980s and following the baby boomers (see baby boomer n.), originally characterized by older generations as disaffected, directionless, apathetic, or irresponsible, but in later life often regarded as self-sufficient, hard-working, adaptable, and resilient; = Gen X n.Now the usual sense.Popularized by the 1991 novel Generation X by Canadian writer Douglas Coupland, although he used the term in an earlier article (see quot. 1987), in which he also made a connection to the attitudes of the late 1970s punk rock band Generation X (cf. quot. 1977 at sense 1).Also sometimes referred to as the baby busters (baby buster n.), the post-boomers (post-boomer n.), or the latchkey generation. ΚΠ 1987 D. Coupland in Vancouver Mag. Sept. 167/2 Everyone knows members of Generation X, but not necessarily why they are so misunderstood. Why can't they just get a normal job and shut up like everyone else?.. And why don't they like being called Baby Boomers? 1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 58/2 Maybe it's the pandemic shrug of Generation X, the futility felt by the young when analyzed to death by self-styled experts, carpet-bombed by music videos and wired to 157 channels with nothing on. 2021 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. d3 The reigning clichés about Generation X..are just that. Those so-called slackers who supposedly approached life with a collective shrug went on to pioneer the internet boom, advance issues like climate change and gay rights and, yes, sell out—meaning they forged careers, bought homes and raised families, just like adults of all generations. Derivatives ˌGeneration ˈXer n. a member of Generation X; = Gen Xer n. at Gen X n. Derivatives. ΚΠ 1987 D. Coupland in Vancouver Mag. Sept. 169/2 Most Generation Xers consider themselves to be burning individuals who pooh-pooh trendiness and fashion. 1989 Toronto Star 24 Feb. b4 The other possibility..is that the Generation X-ers will cope by changing their goals or changing their behavior. 2014 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Magazine section) 6 The Generation Xer was less inclined to slavishly follow one career, or even one industry. They were more adaptable to change and less inclined to respect authority. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1952
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