Gen·er·a·tion X  (jěn'ə-rā'shən)  n. The generation following the post-World War II baby boom, especially people born in the United States and Canada from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. [After Generation X, a novel by Douglas Coupland (born 1961), Canadian writer.] Generation X'er (ek'sər) n. |