Gen Y
noun[U+ sing/pl verb]
informal(alsogen Y,gen y)uk/ˌdʒen ˈwaɪ/us/ˌdʒen ˈwaɪ/short forGeneration Y: a way of referring to thegroupofpeoplewho werebornin the 1980s and early 1990s:
GenYconsumesless "traditional"mediathanpreviousgenerations.
GenY have littlepatiencefor writteninstructionsandmanuals.
I haveGenYfriendswholove80smusicas much as I do.
Compare
Gen X
Gen Z
baby boomer
boomer
millennial
- GenY,unlikethose who areolder,seesInternetuse atworknot asharmingproductivity, but ascontributingto it.
- Thecarmanufacturerlauncheda newbudgetmodeltolureGenYdriverstoshowrooms.
- BothgenY and babyboomersagreethat this is one of thebestbreakfastplacesin New York City.
- I wasbornin 1978 and Iconsidermyselfgeny.
Twentieth century
- art deco
- axis
- Axis Powers
- D-Day
- Edwardian
- Generation X
- Generation Y
- Georgian
- National Socialism
- Nazi
- Nazism
- post-depression
- post-war
- speakeasy
- the final solution
- the Gestapo
- the Great Depression
- ultra-modernist
- WWI
- WWII