generation y

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

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Origin:
1990–95; patterned on Generation X

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Generation Y

—n
	members of the generation of people born since the early 1980s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income

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Main Entry:	Generation Y
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See millennial generation

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