generat Idiom, Proverb

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Generation X

"people born in the 1970s; a generation that wanted to change the work ethic" Generation X said that the jobs disappeared as they graduated from high school and university.

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X Generation

(See Generation X)

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generation gap|gap|generation

n., informal, hackneyed phrase The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent confrontations. My daughter is twenty and I am forty, but we have no generation gap in our family.

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generation gap

generation gap
A broad difference in values and attitudes between one generation and another, especially between parents and their children. For example, There's a real generation gap in their choice of music, restaurants, clothing—you name it. [1960s”