Generation Zedder

plural Generation Zedders

1. alternativeAlternative form of Generation Zer.

   Linguistic experts say young people – Generation Zedders, so those in their early 20s and teens – have got a thing about full stops at the end of text messages.

   2020 September 1, Nicola Whitfield, “Sorry, kids, the full stop is here to stay. Period.”, in News24, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2020

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   On a high wall in the corner of Social Chain’s Manchester office, with a look of serene exasperation, Jesus Christ looks down on the sea of millennials and Generation Zedders (or whatever the dominant term is for the under-20s this month) tapping out tweets and social media stories.

   2018 January 14, Simon Parkin, “Inside Britain’s meme factory”, in The Observer, page 17

   So we’re still not online as moving day approaches and it’s looking like our new digs won’t be digital right away. I break it to Youngest Child, a Generation Zedder raised by the interweb, that we may be temporarily off-grid.

   2019 September 28, Janet Christie, “Youngest solves the no wi-fi issue in our new home: Mum’s the word”, in The Scotsman, page 8

   Imagine showing this programme to someone currently in their teens and saying: “There you go, sonny. That’s what you Generation Zedders are missing out on. Jealous?”

   2020 November 6, Mike Ward, “Annie’s a punk shocker”, in Daily Express, page 39

   So: congratulations millennials and Generation Zedders: we did it! We finally have our before and after, the one we will be experts on when it comes to passing wisdom on to our anticipated grand-younglings and beyond. For ours is the kingdom of Covid-19 and its aftermath in an increasingly totalitarian world, amen.

   2021 January 1, “What a spectacular year 2020 has been; we have Covid to thank for it”, in The East African, Nation Media Group

   Cord cutting is becoming a thing in the United States as Generation ‘Zedders’ and Millennials ditch free-to-air and cable broadcasters to consume all their media, including sport, through streaming apps on their various devices.

   2021 July 1, Ashley Browne, “Tell ’em they’re streaming”, in AFL Record, page 102