Gen Zed

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English

Proper noun

Gen Zed

  1. Alternative form of Gen Z.
    • 2009, Yaso Nadarajah, Martin Mulligan, Jodi-Anne Smith, Louise le Nay, Christina Hindhaugh, Unexpected Sources of Hope: Climate Change, Community and the Future, Globalism Research Centre and Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University, →ISBN, page 8:
      There are Towners, FOBS (refugees) and Offlanders (children of those who have moved in to town from farms). These kids are part of Gen Zed. They harbour resentment towards Gen X who failed to fix the mess left by the hated, profligate Baby Boomers.
    • 2021, Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book, Quercus Editions, →ISBN:
      I still measure success in life by what the alternative might have been. Like in Sliding Doors or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (if you’re Gen Zed).
    • 2022, Felix Dodds, Carolina Duque Chopitea, Ranger Ruffins, Tomorrow’s People and New Technology: Changing How We Live Our Lives, Routledge, →ISBN:
      What started off as a very Gen Zed trend in gaming, buying skins or digital clothing and digital makeup, is now going to be the norm. (McCarthy, 2020)

Noun

Gen Zed (plural Gen Zeds)

  1. Alternative form of Gen Z.
    • 2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, Word Up: A Lexicon and Guide to Communication in the 21st Century, Halstead Press, →ISBN, page 28:
      Above is a sample of chat language between two Gen Zeds.
    • 2013 December 17, Dana Glassman, “For kids from one to 92”, in National Post, volume 16, number 43, page B2:
      The ballet is loosely based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s dark tale, but Kudelka’s take on the classic is lighthearted, with non-stop action befitting the Gen Zeds whose attention spans are notoriously short.
    • 2021, Joe Saul-Sehy, Emily Guy Birken, Stacked: Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management, Avery, →ISBN, page 262:
      Inflation works in concert with these troubling phenomena to make Millennials and Gen Zeds want to strangle their parents and grandparents when the latter ask, “Why haven’t you bought a house yet?”