Gen X

noun

ˈjen-ˈeks 

: generation x

Gen X managed to stretch adolescence beyond all previous limits: Its members started becoming adults earlier and finished becoming adults later.

—Jean M. Twenge

—often used before another noun

a Gen X celebrity

—often hyphenated in such use

… 'The Blair Witch Project,' a stealth blockbuster with clever Internet marketing and so much Gen-X appeal that it's spooking Hollywood.

—Newsweek

Gen Xer

ˈjen-ˈek-sər 

noun

or Gen-Xer

plural Gen Xers or Gen-Xers

… only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in 2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85 percent.

—Jean M. Twenge

Like many Gen-Xers, I remember childhood as an uncomplicated time when the only thing you had to worry about was being home by dark.

—Bethany Young Hardy

Examples of Gen X in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But industry experts say that there’s been a recent push for trips designed with the needs of Gen X and millennials in mind, not least because their desire to travel represents untapped opportunities. —Nicole Edenedo, AFAR Media, 22 Sep. 2025

Following these updates to cottage cheese, the Good Culture team sought to market to younger Gen X and millennial consumers. —Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Seventy-four percent guys, with those over 45 at 60%, meaning the franchise’s core Gen X and older. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025

But that still means half of all Gen X accounts had less than that amount. —Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Gen X

• becks
• checks
• czechs
• decks
• dex
• ex
• flecks
• flex
• hex
• lex
• necks
• pecks