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Generation Y

the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, esp. in the U.S.

Origin:
1990–95; patterned on Generation X
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Generation Y  
n.  The generation following Generation X, especially people born in the United States and Canada from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.

[Modeled on Generation X.]
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Main Entry:  Generation Y
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See millennial generation
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