Generation Y

The offspring of Generation X and the baby boomers, born typically between the mid 1970s and mid 1990s. The affects of the previous generation’s bad parenting skills has rubbed off onto Generation Y. As a result, it’s called the “me” generation and known by its egos, superficiality, sensuality, materialism, entitlement, instant gratification, selfishness, poor work ethic, and a general lack of responsibility. Generation Y has been bombarded by violence, sex and too much information—mostly bad—being shoved down their throats by the media and our culture. As a result, Generation Y is the generation of school shootings; you can’t even go to school anymore without fear of being shot. This generation knows more about the Simpsons than they do about our founding fathers. Generation Y also looks to miscreants like Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton as role models rather than Martin Luther King. It pays more attention to what’s going on in Hollywood than what’s going in the world around them. Generation Y has given us the cell phone, IPOD, the iPhone, the internet, text massaging, PDAs, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Game Cube, American Idol, TIVO, Starbucks, MySpace and E-Bay.

With the bad social vices and immorality of Generation Y, I’m afraid to see what the next generation will look like. Our society will only get worse.

by [e-mail] October 12, 2008

beat generation

white boys with the blues.

primarily in the late 1950's and early 60's.

very influential movement.

author jack kerouac is one of the so-called "founders" of the beat generation.

by ghettostarchild October 11, 2007

Generation Z

Children born between the mid-1990's to 2010. The youngest ones are starting elementary school and the oldest ones have been out of high school only a couple of years. They are the sheltered and lifeless spawn of Generation X and early Generation Y'ers that have never known a world without internet and cell phones, America at war with the Middle East, had their parents monitor them even worse than Y'ers, rode in car seats until they were 9 and never in the front seat of cars until they were 10, most go to college even though most high school age kids of this generation can barely read or write or find their own home state on a U.S. map, their music is pretty manufactured and unimaginative, food allergies very commonplace because they've had vaccinations for every disease known to mankind and spend most of their times indoors, unstructured playtime is almost unknown with play dates arranged by their mom's, playground equipment is all plastic with a foam ground underneath, and many are generally bored despite the nonstop use of electronic devices.

Generation Z came of age after 9/11

by waspcoloredstain May 4, 2015

Generation Y

Generation Y otherwise known as echo boomers, or Millennials, is the term for the Generation born between 1980 and 1995. Most of them are children of either Baby boomers or Generation X.

These people are the first to grow up with technology, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the recession of 2008. By the Mid-2010s, they will be the largest working force in the United States.

These are the Generation demographics:
Greatest: 1901-1924
Silent: 1925-1945
Baby Boom:1946-1964
Gen X: 1965-1980
Gen Y: 1980-1995
Gen Z: 1996-present

To be clear, Generation Y last through 1995, then 1996 is the start of generation Z

by LethalWeapon8295 May 11, 2013

Second hippie generation

The next generation of hippies that some people want to see because they don't think the first hippie generation of the 60's accomplished as much as it could have because the hippie era was to short and much remains to be done.

John wants to see the second hippie generation.

by Deep blue 2012 March 13, 2010

generation zedong

A political meme. Generation Zedong is the leftist part of GenZ. Zedong is the last name of Mao. GenZedong is highly authoritarian and hate liberals, anarchists, nazis and the 1%. One could say they are much more authleft than millennial Stalinist/Maoists.

I didnt share my toothbrush, generation zedong will totally send me to the gulags now.

by maometal August 28, 2019

generation cupcake

spoiled snowflakes who’ve been sheltered their entire lives and have no notion of personal responsibility.

everyone gets a trophy, everyone gets an award! Generation cupcake can't do wrong. Blame society, not the kids!

by Chefj August 15, 2015