Gen Xer

See also: Gen-Xer

English

Noun

Gen Xer (plural Gen Xers)

1. Alternative form of Gen-Xer
   • 2003, Ross Lockhart, Gen-X: Y-Faith?:

     Gen Xers have been described by author Douglas Coupland as the first generation raised without religion.

   • 2007, Larry D. Rosen, Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation, page 28:

     Jason, a thirty-two-year-old computer programmer, and a typical Gen Xer, summed it up beautifully when he talked with me.

   • 2010, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, page 121:

     Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors.

   • 2011, Kelly McDonald, How to Market to People Not Like You:

     Gen Xer's are children of two working parents. And they are children of divorce: more than half of Gen Xer's parents divorced while they were growing up and living at home.