Meanings
X Generation1
- alternativeAlternative form of Generation X.
Our Frankie's part of the ... the X Generation ... is what they call it.
2008, Thomas Quealy, Is That You?, page 1102 more examples
Conna has Silent Generation parents and is an X Gener, married to a Baby Boomer. She has X Generation siblings, four Y Generation nieces and nephews and a Z Generation daughter.
2010, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, Tourism and Generation Y, page ixDuffy argues the need to change course designs to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies because the habits, customs and codes of Millennium and X Generation students differ from those of previous generations.
2012, Melanie Ciussi, Erik Gebers Freitas, Leading Issues in E-learning Research For Researchers, page 47
X generation2
- alternativeAlternative form of Generation X.
Instant gratification is the curse of the X generation.
2013, Percival Everett, James Kincaid, A History of the African-American People2 more examples
The Pontiac Aztec is a now-classic example of a product that attempted to capture the X generation with a car customized to their every need.
2013, Tony Davila, Marc Epstein, Robert Shelton, How to Become InnovativeI have included information, such as the adoption of electronic means of communication and the need to evangelize the members of the X generation, which I certainly had not foreseen when I last wrote.
2014, Robert W. Prichard, A History of the Episcopal Church, page xv
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