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Gen X

or Gen·X, Gen-X

[ jen eks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of Gen X¹

First recorded in 1990–95

The Gen X-y video boasted a giant cannonball rolling down suburban streets, as well as front woman Kim Deal singing underwater.

As the 1994 movie turned Gen-X mantra has it: Reality Bites.

Like his Gen-X contemporaries, including Wallace, Franzen sees our modern ennui as the big bogeyman of our time.

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