a time period of confusion, self doubt, and need for change during the first 25 years of one's life.
Since old farts have midlife crisis, and I am under 25, I must be having a quarter life crisis.
by Leslie Hume May 12, 2004
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young adulthood and the dilemmas that come with it
My quarter life crisis has just begun.
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You are considered to have a "Quarter Life Crisis" if you have had a nervous breakdown between the ages of 20 and 30.

See One Eight Life Crisis or Mid Life Crisis for more information on the former.
"I am seriously, like, having a nervous breakdown"
(Evesdropping Bystander thinks...) She's having a Quarter Life Crisis!
by mandielanious May 12, 2004
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an early replacement for the all too impatient, need-to-have-everything-now, cell-phone-me-later-to-say-"hey", internet-crazed, generation x-ers and on who absolutely cannot wait until middle age to have their real midlife crisis, they need one NOW!
Jerry Yang is like totally having a quarter life crisis after having made his first billion prior to mid-life and now not knowing what to do/buy next.
by jonathan in s.f. May 13, 2004
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From the John Mayer song "Why Georgia"
"Might be a quarter life crisis"

n.
the moment you realize you are a quarter of a century old.
A: Dude, you're oooold.
B: I'm only 25.
A: That's a quarter of a century.
B: What? What?! Ack!
by Sweet Georgia Peach May 12, 2004
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stressing and/acting up out in your 20's. taken from mid-life crisis which used to be stressing in the mid-30's, but now has been pushed up due to longer life expectancy.
heh, look at that college student over there, she's totally buggin, she must be having a quarter life crisis
by Robbie :) May 11, 2004
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As penned by John Mayer, a quarter life crisis occurs around the age of 25, as opposed to a mid-life crisis which typically happens around age 50
"might be a quarter life crisis, who knows?" J. Mayer
by ayun May 12, 2004
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