According to social researcher Mark McCrindle in his book 'The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations' (www.mccrindle.com.au), this is what we can expect the next generation to be called. Given the fact that the generational span has contracted significantly from 20-25 years to 15 years, he also predicts that the next generation is due to begin in 2010.
So, why 'Alpha'? With generational analysis having moved from a stage of foundation to consolidation, a more predictable labelling system is being formed. There being consensus on the alphabetised theme of Generations X, Y and Z, it is most likely that the next generation will be Generation Alpha (the first letter of the Greek alphabet). This nomenclature of moving to the Greek alphabet after exhausting the Latin one (A, B, C, D etc), has a long history with meteorologists. In fact, scientists of all disciplines use the Greek alphabet as a labelling sequence and so it looks likely that the sociologists will follow this trend with the generations too.
So, why 'Alpha'? With generational analysis having moved from a stage of foundation to consolidation, a more predictable labelling system is being formed. There being consensus on the alphabetised theme of Generations X, Y and Z, it is most likely that the next generation will be Generation Alpha (the first letter of the Greek alphabet). This nomenclature of moving to the Greek alphabet after exhausting the Latin one (A, B, C, D etc), has a long history with meteorologists. In fact, scientists of all disciplines use the Greek alphabet as a labelling sequence and so it looks likely that the sociologists will follow this trend with the generations too.
by Wolfwoman September 13, 2009
Get the Generation Alphamug. Generation Space, or Gen S for short, characterizes the demographic cohorts that lived through either: the space exploration era (i.e., 20th century and beyond), and/or were born in space (i.e., outside of Earth).
Generation Space, or Gen S, launched the space exploration era; colonized the Moon and Mars; and explored our solar system and beyond.
by SantaguidaM.DubeS November 18, 2020
Get the Generation Spacemug. by Takuma January 8, 2005
Get the fighters generationmug. A site that one time prided itself with always being current, having great animation, being absolutely hillarious, and pushing the envelope. Had memorable skits like Masterpiece Movie Reviews and even a game where you had to spot the transvestite. Memorable, indeed.
LG has now become a shitfest, mostly since The Walrus left a couple of years ago to launch his own project, ZipperFish.com, which is nothing more than a subscription page for porn ads. Once a force to be rekoned with, you'd probably find the average E/N site funnier.
LG has now become a shitfest, mostly since The Walrus left a couple of years ago to launch his own project, ZipperFish.com, which is nothing more than a subscription page for porn ads. Once a force to be rekoned with, you'd probably find the average E/N site funnier.
by digitaloutsider May 13, 2005
Get the Liquid Generationmug. as a high school class, a hell of a lot easier than AP chemistry
as a college class, a hell of a lot harder than AP chemistry
as a college class, a hell of a lot harder than AP chemistry
"Josh is in general chemistry. He's dumb"
"General chem is nothing like what we did in AP chem last year"
"General chem is nothing like what we did in AP chem last year"
by Eric Guan February 15, 2008
Get the general chemistrymug. So apparently kids born during 1997-1999 don’t belong to any existing generation which means we don’t have a name, so I’m proposing that we be called the Allstar Generation. Because I’ve never met one of us that doesn’t know every single word to that song.
“Oh I’m apart of the Allstar Generation”
“Allstar Gens are literally the coolest people I’ve ever met”
“Allstar Gens are literally the coolest people I’ve ever met”
by Alegna Otsut January 14, 2019
Get the Allstar generationmug. 