Gen X

Proper noun

Generation X

1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US, originally) A generation of people whose future is uncertain; a lost generation.
   • When historians evaluate the contribution of Generation X one theme will recur over and over again, and that is the rage and revulsion handed from Father to Son.1964, Charles Hamblett, Jane Deverson, Generation X, →OCLC, page 191
2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US, specifically) The generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II, especially those born from 1965 to 1980, sometimes characterized as cynical, disaffected, lacking direction in life, and unwilling to take part fully in society.
   • Any self-respecting Generation Xer […] might notice that Mr. [Douglas] Coupland's death knell for Generation X coincides with the promotion of his latest book, “Microserfs” (HarperCollins)1995 June 18, John Marchese, “The short shelf life of Generation X”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35

   Synonyms:

   MTV generation, 13th Gen