Generation Y
[ jen-uh-rey-shuhn wahy ]
noun
the generation born between about 1980 and the mid-1990s.
Origin of Generation Y
1First recorded in 1990–95; patterned on Generation X
- Also Gen Y, GenY, Gen-Y
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How to use Generation Y in a sentence
By 2020, 46 percent of the working world will be from Generation Y.
Millennial Workers Want Flexibility and Mentorship From Skeptical Managers | Miranda Green | September 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“Basically, the shoe is based on how we see Generation Y,” Schiller told The Daily Beast.
Spice Girl Platform Sneakers Return to Fashion | Misty White Sidell | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, Stephen Colbert…the future of Generation Y apparently hangs in the balance.
Fix Young America Wants Stephen Colbert as Face of Its Jobs Movement | Diane Dimond | April 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for Generation Y
Generation Y
noun
members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
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