Xennial

or xen·ni·al

[ zen-ee-uhl, ek-sen‐ ]

noun

1. a person born between the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in the United States; a member of the microgeneration between Generation X and Millennials.

adjective

1. of or relating to the generation born between the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in the United States, seen as a microgeneration between Generation X and Millennials.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Xennial¹

(Generation) X ( def ) + (Mill)ennial ( def ); possibly coined by U.S. journalists Sarah Stankorb and Jed Oelbaum in their essay “Reasonable People Disagree about the Post-Gen X, Pre-Millennial Generation” (2014)