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millenopause

millenopause noun: menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s).

Noun

millenopause (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s).
    • some uterine fuckery lately (apparently a month now is 44 days long, who knew) made me think about some things, and I realized: ¶ when we all hit millenopause without ever having been culturally considered adults? things are gonna get weird.2020 January 5, @slip_stitch, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2024
    • The Millennial generation includes women born between 1981 and 2000 (depending upon which source you reference). That means the oldest Millennials are entering their 40s, well within the time frame when perimenopause can begin. It's time to reckon with "Millenopause."2022 January 10, Angela Rosoff, “Millenopause – it's a thing”, in The C Word Mag, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2022

Examples of millenopause in a sentence

  • Especially a geriatric millennial, at the upper end of the 28-43 age bracket, fast approaching middle age, our "millenopause".2024 January 29, Charlie Gowans-Eglinton, “Help! I am about to reach my 'millenopause'”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • To go through millenopause, on the other hand, is to hold your mortality at a cute, narrative remove.2024 February 1, Kat Rosenfield, “Millennials are rebranding the menopause”, in UnHerd, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024:

Origin of millenopause

Blend of millennial + menopause.

Questions about millenopause

What does millenopause mean?
Millenopause means menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s).
How do you use millenopause in a sentence?
Especially a geriatric millennial, at the upper end of the 28-43 age bracket, fast approaching middle age, our "millenopause".
What part of speech is millenopause?
Millenopause is a noun.

Words near millenopause in the dictionary

  1. Millennium Dome
  2. millennium egg
  3. millennium eggs
  4. millenniumlong
  5. millenniums
  6. millenopause
  7. milleped
  8. millepede
  9. millepedes
  10. millepeds
  11. millepore

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