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MSN generation

UK/ɛmɛˈsɛn ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

MSN generation proper noun: the Noughties generation of Web-savvy youngsters who conducted a significant proportion of their socialising via Internet media such as instant messaging clients and social networking sites.

Proper noun

the MSN generation

  1. (historical) The Noughties generation of Web-savvy youngsters who conducted a significant proportion of their socialising via Internet media such as instant messaging clients and social networking sites.
    • 2007: “Steve Firth”, uk.business.agriculture (Google group): Top Gear, the 27ᵗʰ day of February at 10:36pm
      > who he was showing off, there was nobody about, so I clicked a few buttons, a tiny camera on the laptop caught me in action… Eerie.
      It’s a fairly standard part of laptops aimed at the Web...
    • 2008: “freek123456@googlemail.com”, “alt.drugs.hard (Google group): Is this true?”, the 19ᵗʰ day of October at 2:34pm
      Dont think that language capabilities going to hell is a US matter only in the UK also in the NL kids age 13–14, called the MSN generation, write on a way whom requires a translator...

Origin of MSN generation

From MSN (“a popular contemporary instant messaging client”) + generation, on the pattern of MTV generation etc.

Questions about MSN generation

What does MSN generation mean?
MSN generation means the Noughties generation of Web-savvy youngsters who conducted a significant proportion of their socialising via Internet media such as instant messaging clients and social networking sites.
What part of speech is MSN generation?
MSN generation is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce MSN generation?
MSN generation is pronounced /ɛmɛˈsɛn ˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near MSN generation in the dictionary

  1. MSMA
  2. MSME
  3. MSMEs
  4. MSMs
  5. MSN
  6. MSN generation
  7. MSN TVer
  8. MSN TVers
  9. MSNBC
  10. MSNBCer
  11. MSNBCers

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