Generation Y

English

Etymology

Using Y as the letter that follows X, as in Generation X.

Proper noun

Generation Y

  1. The generation of people born between 1981 and 1996 following Generation X.[1][2]
    Synonyms: Generation Next, millennials
    Coordinate terms: boomers, Generation X, Generation Z, Nintendo generation

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Timeline of generations

References

  1. ^ “Generation Y”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
  2. ^ Michael Dimock (17 January 2019), “Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins”, in Pew Research Center‎[1], archived from the original on 1 June 2020.

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