Gen Yn.
/ˌdʒɛn ˈwʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛn ˈwaɪ/ Originally North American.
The generation of people born between the early 1980s and the mid 1990s and following Generation X, noted in particular for their increased familiarity with and reliance on digital and electronic technology and (later) for having poorer financial and material prospects than their parents; = Generation Y n.Now frequently referred to as the millennial generation (see millennial generation n. at millennial adj. 3).
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1994 Spy (N.Y.) Aug. 33/2 I phone Izzy, a thoughtful 13-year-old fan, who breaks open the show for me—Gen Y on Gen X.
2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Jan. (Central ed.) r7/1 The group hit upon marrying music videos with another Gen Y favorite: gaming.
2015 J. Garner From me to We ii. 31 ‘Old school’ Baby Boomer leaders hastily label Gen Y as disloyal and having a poor work ethic; Gen Y label Baby Boomers as uncreative, stuck in their ways.
Derivatives
Gen Yer n.
Brit. /ˌdʒɛn ˈwʌɪə/
, /ˌdʒɛn ˈwʌɪə/U.S. /ˌdʒɛn ˈwaɪər/
a member of Gen Y; = Generation Yer n. at Generation Y n. Derivatives./ˌdʒɛn ˈwaɪər/ΚΠ
1995 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 24 June e3/1 One demographic group wielding big buying power is Generation Y... Gen Y-ers are expected to spend more than $89 billion this year.
2015 Marketing Lett. 26 364 India has the most Gen Yers in the world.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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n.1994