gen alpha (noun)
Digitally native: They’re growing up with AI, virtual assistants, and immersive media as normal parts of life.
Education-first tech: Many use learning apps and digital classrooms from a very young age — especially post-2020.
Visually literate: Raised on short-form video, emojis, and touchscreen interfaces, they process information differently than previous generations.
Health-aware: Their childhood is shaped by global events like the COVID-19 pandemic, and many have an early understanding of mental health, wellness, and climate change.
Family-focused: With Millennial parents tending toward conscious, involved parenting styles, Gen Alpha often grows up with more emotional awareness and structure.
Start Year: 2015
End Year: Estimated around 2024
Named by: Australian social researcher Mark McCrindle
Parents: Primarily Millennials or gen x
Digitally native: They’re growing up with AI, virtual assistants, and immersive media as normal parts of life.
Education-first tech: Many use learning apps and digital classrooms from a very young age — especially post-2020.
Visually literate: Raised on short-form video, emojis, and touchscreen interfaces, they process information differently than previous generations.
Health-aware: Their childhood is shaped by global events like the COVID-19 pandemic, and many have an early understanding of mental health, wellness, and climate change.
Family-focused: With Millennial parents tending toward conscious, involved parenting styles, Gen Alpha often grows up with more emotional awareness and structure.
Start Year: 2015
End Year: Estimated around 2024
Named by: Australian social researcher Mark McCrindle
Parents: Primarily Millennials or gen x
bob: "is that your little brother? what's his generation"
Garry: "his generation is gen alpha! he was born in 2015!"
Garry: "his generation is gen alpha! he was born in 2015!"
by tobirobi May 4, 2025

John's mom is basically a boomer and so out of it that it's painfully embarrassing. Total Gen Alpha.
by emcinto0 September 28, 2024

the generation of YouTube shorts kids, who watch things like skibidi toilet and say "GYAT" 24/7
mostly consists of 8 year olds who have the attention span of a dog / 4 - also known as an "ipad kid"
common personality traits include:
annoying as fuck
very slappable face
sing "Sticking Out Your Gyat For The Rizzler" way too much
laugh at literally anything
less than 4.5 feet tall
mostly consists of 8 year olds who have the attention span of a dog / 4 - also known as an "ipad kid"
common personality traits include:
annoying as fuck
very slappable face
sing "Sticking Out Your Gyat For The Rizzler" way too much
laugh at literally anything
less than 4.5 feet tall
Gen Alpha kid: STICKING OUT YOUR GYAT FOR THE RIZZLER
Person above the age of 12: shut the fuck up
Gen Alpha kid: YOUR SO SKIBIDI
Person above the age of 12: shut the fuck up
Gen Alpha kid: YOUR SO SKIBIDI
by hearttcringe November 16, 2023

Gen alpha are not frickin imbeciles all the older generations just hate on the younger using stereotypes
Person 1: See the disgusting Skibidi Toilet Brainrot Gen Alpha over there?
Person 2: sybau, he is studying calculus and he can’t control his age
Person 2: sybau, he is studying calculus and he can’t control his age
by 147852369/*-+.0 August 13, 2025

Gen Alpha also known as the failed generation or skibidi toilet lovers are the living embodiment of humanities darkness and brain rot.
Person : Man, that child is so annoying
Other Person : He's Gen Alpha
Person throws the baby of the plane while the baby was watching and singing skibidi toilet and the skicking out your gyatt for the rizzler
Other Person : He's Gen Alpha
Person throws the baby of the plane while the baby was watching and singing skibidi toilet and the skicking out your gyatt for the rizzler
by Kimichima December 28, 2023

(1) A method the universe used to jinx the people who thought gen z was bad.
(2) anyone born 2012-(unknown time)
(3) a insult used by gen z
(4) the people who say "ohio rizz sigma gyatt skibidi dop dop"
(2) anyone born 2012-(unknown time)
(3) a insult used by gen z
(4) the people who say "ohio rizz sigma gyatt skibidi dop dop"
Gen alpha: GIVE ME YOUR OHIO, YOURE SO SKIBIDI!
Gen Z: ew a gen alpha go put your musty ipad away
Millennials: and we thought gen Z was bad 💀
Gen Z: ew a gen alpha go put your musty ipad away
Millennials: and we thought gen Z was bad 💀
by spearmintzx December 26, 2023

Once temporarily called "Post Gen-Z", this generation consists of children born after 2013 and their childhood has been changed forever due to the "epidemic" of YouTube addiction caused by COVID-19
With all the screen time and YouTube binges, it's no wonder the kids born from gen Alpha are more tech-savvy than any generation before them.
by Emotional Cruiser July 26, 2025
