Gen Z

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Gen Z

  1. Clipping of Generation Z.
    Coordinate terms: Gen X, Gen Y
    • 2020 March 24, EJ Dickson, “Amid Coronavirus Fears, TikTok Collab Houses Still Going Strong”, in Rolling Stone[1]:
      But on streaming platforms like TikTok — where many Gen Z stars can simply upload content of themselves in sweatpants and a sport bra dancing to the latest trending audio from the confines of their own bathrooms and generate hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of likes — creators say they’ve been experiencing tremendous growth.
    • 2020 December 10, Jessica Grose, “The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      Though Gen Z isn’t the first group to employ loud and unapologetic tactics — some older activists and writers, including Katha Pollitt, have been pushing these ideas for years — they may be doing it in larger numbers.

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Timeline of generations
Generation BetaGeneration AlphazoomerGeneration ZmillennialGeneration YMTV generationGeneration Xbaby boomerSilent GenerationG.I. Generationgreatest generation

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Gen Z (plural Gen Zs)

  1. Synonym of Gen-Zer
    • 2019 November 29, Jonathan Heaf, “Confessions of a hypedad”, in ES Magazine, London, page 56, column 2:
      There’s nothing worse, after all, than male mutton dressed as lamb; or an old-style peacock dressed like a TikTok-ing Gen Z.
    • 2020, Dominic Traynor, Cath Bufton-Green, “Conscious consumers”, in Literacy Beyond the Classroom: Ten Real-World Projects Proven to Raise Attainment in Primary English, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 30:
      Gen Zs predominantly use social media for constant consumption and entertainment or, as the term is becoming known, ‘infotainment’ (material that is intended to inform and entertain).
    • 2020, Haydn Shaw, “Gen Z: You Do You”, in Sticking Points: How to Get 5 Generations Working Together in the 12 Places They Come Apart, Tyndale Momentum, →ISBN, page 136:
      More than 80 percent of Gen Zs aged eighteen to twenty-one report money as a source of significant stress.

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