Generation Jones

proper noun

The generation of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s; they are the younger subset of the baby boomers but are sometimes conceptualized as being sandwiched between the older subset of baby boomers and Gen-Xers.

“Generation Jones listened to a lot of classic rock when young.”

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The generation of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s; they are the younger subset of the baby boomers but are sometimes conceptualized as being sandwiched between the older subset of baby boomers and Gen-Xers.

    Generation Jones listened to a lot of classic rock when young.

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    The later cohort of Generation Jones really seems to combine some Baby Boom qualities with those of later generational cohorts.

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Origin

Coined by author Jonathan Pontell, from jonesing (“intense craving”).

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Translations

Polish pokolenie Jones
  • pokolenie Jonesgeneration of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s
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APA

Generation Jones. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Generation%20Jones

MLA

“Generation Jones.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Generation%20Jones. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Generation Jones,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Generation%20Jones.

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