Meaning & use

Gen Xer

noun·Everyday

A person born roughly between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, belonging to the generation between baby boomers and millennials.

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As a Gen Xer, he remembers using a payphone long before smartphones existed.

Marketers often study Gen Xers separately because their habits differ from younger millennials.

A note on using this word

Gen Xer is the informal singular of Generation X; the exact birth-year range varies slightly between sources.

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