Generation Zed

1. alternativeAlternative form of Generation Z.

   The next virus may be devastating to their PC's, but Generation Zed needs to develop a vision of their destiny.

   2004, Joyce Anderson, “Educating generation Zzz ...”, in Phi Kappa Phi Forum, volume 84, number 4

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   Anabel shrugs. ‘Then take an earlier flight today so you get to see her at the airport, stupid.’ He shakes his head. ‘How bloody disrespectful is generation zed?’

   2010, Melina Marchetta, The Piper’s Son, Viking, →ISBN, page 320

   Generation Zed, today’s new learners, are also the most technologically literate and socially empowered generation of children ever.

   2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 106

   Emulating the Smurfs and wearing an oversized sock on your head does seem pretty small beer next to the seven pounds of ironmongery adorning a young woman’s otherwise pretty face I saw recently, or the slew of tattoo-fetishists from Generation Zed who will be figuring out which laser specialist to enrich a few years down the road. But who am I to talk? I just need to check out some photos from the 1970s to humble up, and I wasn’t even into disco!

   2012 February 18, Bruce Chrumka, “Smurfish”, in Calgary Herald, page A25

   As a playwright she has won the Nick Darke award for her script Paradise (an environmental play) and the Generation Zed play-writing competition for a script idea for the Pilot Theatre to be developed for young people (11–15 year olds).

   2013, Margaret Rogerson, “Medieval Mystery Plays in the Modern World: A Question of Relevance?”, in The Yearbook of English Studies, volume 43, Modern Humanities Research Association, pages 343–366

   A major contributor to the worsening mental health of Zeds [Generation Zed broadly encompasses young people 17 and under] is less support from families, with fewer functioning adults around and a lessened sense of community. — Professor Ian Hickie, executive director of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Sydney (The Sun Herald, April 13th 2008).

   2014, Maggie Dent, 9 Things: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Calm, Common-Sense, Connected Parenting Birth-8, Pennington Publications, →ISBN

plural Generation Zeds

1. alternativeAlternative form of Generation Z.

   ‘You’re right and maybe we are an outcome of the serious crap our families wanted to get away from. Explains why we Generation Zeds, take the next step into a happier, projected future!’

   2023, Edward Groughan, The Desert’s Daughters, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN

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   There is no pendulum of change to swing us back to the ‘good old days’ – the direction of these shifts will continue. Indeed, have a quick look at the Generation Zeds. They are born to parents who are a decade older than the Boomers were when they began families, there are half as many of them per household compared to 50 years ago, and so they are being even more scheduled, protected and materially endowed than the Y-ers.

   2009/2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, “[Motivating and communicating] Training and communicating”, in The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 163

   Uber might be cool, but it might take a little while to show up in rural Nebraska every time a kid needs to go someplace, and while Tesla might also be cool, it's unlikely to be a Generation Zed's or a millennial's first set of wheels.

   2017 April 4, Autoweek editors, “Google: Teens prefer being lit/woke to 'automative' things”, in Autoweek, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022

   As she explained to the bank’s ‘relationship manager’: ‘People expect choice. Your Millennials and Generation Zeds, they’re used to picking from everything in the world and having it today. Fancy a turmeric latte and a cronut? Get it Deliveroo’d.’

   2019, Keri Davies, The Archers Year Of Food and Farming: A Celebration of Ambridge’s Most Delicious Produce, from the Fields to the Kitchens, with a Side Order of Gossip, Seven Dials, →ISBN