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Gen Xer en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Gen-Xer.
   alt of Gen-Xer
   • 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. 2010, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, page 121:
   • 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. 2011, Kelly McDonald, How to Market to People Not Like You:
   • Gen Xers have been described by author Douglas Coupland as the first generation raised without religion. 2003, Ross Lockhart, Gen-X: Y-Faith?:
   • Jason, a thirty-two-year-old computer programmer, and a typical Gen Xer, summed it up beautifully when he talked with me. 2007, Larry D. Rosen, Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation, page 28:

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