What is Generation?
1.
Grouped by ten years
Every ten years is a generation. Such as the people born from 1980-1989 are of the 80's generation.
"He's from the eighties generation, because he was born in '81. I'm from the sixties generation 'cause I was born in '66."
2.
a dying word since no one born after 1980 identifies him/herself with any specific decade. The word will eventually only be used to refer to advances in technology.
ad: A NEW GENERATION OF COMPUTERS!
1: Hippie computers?
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3.
The creating of, the furthering of, the next in a line evolved from a former, new life.
A term often attached to a demographic buzz phrase usually defining a clump of folk.
Generation X
Pepsi Generation
Hippy Generation
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