Generation Zed

English

Proper noun

Generation Zed

1. Alternative form of Generation Z
   • 2004, Joyce Anderson, “Educating generation Zzz ...”, in Phi Kappa Phi Forum, volume 84, number 4:

     The next virus may be devastating to their PC's, but Generation Zed needs to develop a vision of their destiny.

   • 2010, Melina Marchetta, The Piper’s Son, Viking, →ISBN, page 320:

     Anabel shrugs. ‘Then take an earlier flight today so you get to see her at the airport, stupid.’ He shakes his head. ‘How bloody disrespectful is generation zed?’

   • 2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 106:

     Generation Zed, today’s new learners, are also the most technologically literate and socially empowered generation of children ever.

   • 2012 February 18, Bruce Chrumka, “Smurfish”, in Calgary Herald, page A25:

     Emulating the Smurfs and wearing an oversized sock on your head does seem pretty small beer next to the seven pounds of ironmongery adorning a young woman’s otherwise pretty face I saw recently, or the slew of tattoo-fetishists from Generation Zed who will be figuring out which laser specialist to enrich a few years down the road. But who am I to talk? I just need to check out some photos from the 1970s to humble up, and I wasn’t even into disco!

   • 2013, Margaret Rogerson, “Medieval Mystery Plays in the Modern World: A Question of Relevance?”, in The Yearbook of English Studies, volume 43, Modern Humanities Research Association, pages 343–366:

     As a playwright she has won the Nick Darke award for her script Paradise (an environmental play) and the Generation Zed play-writing competition for a script idea for the Pilot Theatre to be developed for young people (11–15 year olds).

   • 2014, Maggie Dent, 9 Things: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Calm, Common-Sense, Connected Parenting Birth-8, Pennington Publications, →ISBN:

     A major contributor to the worsening mental health of Zeds [Generation Zed broadly encompasses young people 17 and under] is less support from families, with fewer functioning adults around and a lessened sense of community. — Professor Ian Hickie, executive director of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Sydney (The Sun Herald, April 13th 2008).

   • 2015, Steve Noyes, November’s Radio, Fernie, B.C.: Oolichan Books, →ISBN, page 114:

     “Thinks she’s hot shit. What is she, 28?” “Generation Zed.”

   • 2016, Bronwyn Campbell, Marvis Leung, TAFE NSW ITELG Industry Liaison Unit, Engaging Young People in Information and Communications Technology Training in TAFE NSW, Strathfield, N.S.W., page 1:

     Generation Zed, the 15-24 year old student group, account for over 40 per cent of TAFE enrolments, comprising TAFE’s largest student cohort. Generation Zed is global, social, visual and technological and they engage with the world in a totally different way from previous generations.

   • 2016, Sali A. Tagliamonte, ““So cool, right?”: Canadian English Entering the 21st Century”, in Canadian Journal of Linguistics, volume 51, Cambridge University Press:

     However, there are other changes in Canadian English with a clear quickening of pace in generations X and Y and on down into Generation ZED.

   • 2016 November 4, Lancelot Larsen, Sons of America, volume 1, iUniverse, →ISBN:

     She called the incident a generational issue and something to be of concern for the future. The boys who did this were “special” in some diabolical manner. She described them as prototypes for the following generation, perhaps the one next over. Generation Zed, as she called them. With each generation since the Greatest Generation, the WWII generation, the children have been losing their humanity in an existentially destructive manner.

   • 2017, L. Glover, Using Kingdom of God Infused Oikos to Transform Communities Where Arrow Leadership Participants Serve:

     Those in Generation Zed, as digital integrators, spend on average ten hours and nineteen minutes per day utilizing technology.

   • 2018, Monica Bernardi, Elisabetta Ruspini, “‘Sharing Tourism Economy’ Among Millennials in South Korea”, in Managing Asian Destinations, pages 177–196:

     […] they are primarily addressed to Generation Zed and Millennial users.

   • 2020, Deborah Lynn Morrison, “Generation Zed: Leading the Way Toward an Uncertain Future”, in Canadian Issues, pages 64–70:

     These youth represent four examples of how Generation Zed is embracing our changing world.

   • 2021, William Elias, Daniel Johansson, Oscar van de Voort, Brace Yourself, Gen Z Is Coming!: A Qualitative Study About Swedish Generation Z’s Leadership Preferences in Entry-Level Jobs, bachelor’s degree thesis:

     In this case, Generation Zed’s preferred leadership characteristics will be explored within entry-levels jobs.

   • 2022 July 21, Claudio Scardovi, Gen Z and the Future of Wealth: Sustainable Investing and Wellbeing for Our Next Generations, Bocconi University Press, →ISBN:

     Next Generation – HOPE is committed to the valorisation of young people (Generation Zed) in the world of work through dedicated training and education programs aimed at increasing financial knowledge, civic awareness and interest in Italy.

Noun

Generation Zed (plural Generation Zeds)

1. Alternative form of Generation Z
   • 2009/2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, “[Motivating and communicating] Training and communicating”, in The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 163:

     There is no pendulum of change to swing us back to the ‘good old days’ – the direction of these shifts will continue. Indeed, have a quick look at the Generation Zeds. They are born to parents who are a decade older than the Boomers were when they began families, there are half as many of them per household compared to 50 years ago, and so they are being even more scheduled, protected and materially endowed than the Y-ers.

   • 2017 April 4, Autoweek editors, “Google: Teens prefer being lit/woke to 'automative' things”, in Autoweek‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 October 2022:

     Uber might be cool, but it might take a little while to show up in rural Nebraska every time a kid needs to go someplace, and while Tesla might also be cool, it's unlikely to be a Generation Zed's or a millennial's first set of wheels.

   • 2019, Keri Davies, The Archers Year Of Food and Farming: A Celebration of Ambridge’s Most Delicious Produce, from the Fields to the Kitchens, with a Side Order of Gossip, Seven Dials, →ISBN:

     As she explained to the bank’s ‘relationship manager’: ‘People expect choice. Your Millennials and Generation Zeds, they’re used to picking from everything in the world and having it today. Fancy a turmeric latte and a cronut? Get it Deliveroo’d.’

   • 2023, Edward Groughan, The Desert’s Daughters, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:

     ‘You’re right and maybe we are an outcome of the serious crap our families wanted to get away from. Explains why we Generation Zeds, take the next step into a happier, projected future!’