: generation x
Gen X managed to stretch adolescence beyond all previous limits: Its members started becoming adults earlier and finished becoming adults later.—
Jean M. Twenge
—often used before another nounJean M. Twengea Gen X celebrity
—often hyphenated in such use… 'The Blair Witch Project,' a stealth blockbuster with clever Internet marketing and so much Gen-X appeal that it's spooking Hollywood.—Newsweek
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Gen Xer
noun
or Gen-Xer
plural Gen Xers or Gen-Xers
… only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in 2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85 percent.
—Jean M. Twenge
Jean M. Twenge
Like many Gen-Xers, I remember childhood as an uncomplicated time when the only thing you had to worry about was being home by dark.
—Bethany Young Hardy
Bethany Young Hardy
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In comparison, the numbers were 11% for Millennials, 6% for Gen X and 5% for Baby Boomers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Soon Republicans Trust Trump the Least on Handling LGBTQ+ Issues: Poll
This is compared to 14.2 percent of millennials and a mere 5.1 percent of Gen X and 3 percent of Baby Boomers.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Millennials and Gen X have seen smaller increases over the same period, while there has not been significant change among baby boomers and the Silent Generation.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Older generations, including Gen X, Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation, all identify as LGBTQ+ at rates of 5% or below, tapering off to only 1.8% for those born in or before 1945.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Soon Republicans Trust Trump the Least on Handling LGBTQ+ Issues: Poll
This is compared to 14.2 percent of millennials and a mere 5.1 percent of Gen X and 3 percent of Baby Boomers.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Millennials and Gen X have seen smaller increases over the same period, while there has not been significant change among baby boomers and the Silent Generation.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Older generations, including Gen X, Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation, all identify as LGBTQ+ at rates of 5% or below, tapering off to only 1.8% for those born in or before 1945.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Gen X.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gen%20X. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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