Generation Y defined

[hammercarp]

Here's where it's at.

 

 

- The Silent generation, people born before 1946.

- The Baby Boomers, people born between 1946 and 1959.

- Generation X, people born between 1960 and 1979.

- Generation Y, people born between 1980 and 1995

Why do we call the last one generation Y? I did not know, but a cartoonist explains it eloquently below...Learned something new today!

 

 

 

 

 

[BassAsin]

i must admit it is quite true for a LARGE part of today's youth and society but not ALL of us are involved! i try my best to play my country music loud my pants around my waist my boots tied tight and a fresh piece of straw to chew on all day long!

[Joeytier]

HAH!

High school is a sad place to be nowadays.

[bigugli]

i must admit it is quite true for a LARGE part of today's youth and society but not ALL of us are involved! i try my best to play my country music loud my pants around my waist my boots tied tight and a fresh piece of straw to chew on all day long!

I was taught that men wear trousers and women wear pants. Music had meaning, and food tasted real. It was not wrapped in plastic or a box ready to serve.

 

As for the Y generation. Y not?

[Zebco]

Y is the Silent Generation Talking?

[walleyejigger]

phew! just slipped into gen. X by about 20 days LOL

Edited January 27, 2009 by walleyejigger

[Riparian]

I think the nicknaming thing started with the baby boomers and everyone else felt left out, so we started coming up with "generation x" and "the silent generation"

 

The term "baby boomer" has meaning behind it. The others do not.