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Gen Z en · NOUN

Clipped compound of Generation Z.

Synonym of Gen-Zer.
- More than 80 percent of Gen Zs aged eighteen to twenty-one report money as a source of significant stress. 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:
- There’s nothing worse, after all, than male mutton dressed as lamb; or an old-style peacock dressed like a TikTok-ing Gen Z. 2019 November 29, Jonathan Heaf, “Confessions of a hypedad”, in ES Magazine, London, page 56, column 2:
- According to the New York Post, more millennials and Gen Zs are choosing to rent indefinitely, reshaping how property managers must think about long-term tenant satisfaction and retention. 2025 August 29, “Forever Renters: How Millennials are Impacting Multifamily Rentals”, in PointCentral, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
- 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, 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:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Gen-Z		alternative	lexicographic
Gen Zs	Number=Plur		lexicographic
Gen Zed		alternative	lexicographic

Clipped compound of Generation Z.

(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of Generation Z.
alt of Generation Z
- 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. 2020 December 10, Jessica Grose, “The New Abortion Rights Advocates Are on TikTok”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2020:
- 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 March 24, EJ Dickson, “Amid Coronavirus Fears, TikTok Collab Houses Still Going Strong”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2020:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Gen Zed		alternative	lexicographic
Gen-Z		alternative	lexicographic