Xennial is the microgeneration that serves as a bridge between Generation X and millennials, the youth of the future.
The noticeable generation gaps ....
Maybe, you do not consider yourself a pure millennial or believe you are part of the "generation of the future." Because you continue to relate to your friends, and much, without the need of social networks, you did not have a cell phone until the university and every time you had a question you consulted the encyclopedia (or Encarta for the lucky ones who already had a computer). If this is your case, you may be a xennial.
Generation X are the people who were born between the 60's and 80's. That is, they are the children of the baby boomers and the parents of the millennials. There, right in the middle of these two demographic cohorts, the xennials are placed.
Basically, refers to xennials like a micro generation that works like bridge between the discontent of Generation X and the cheerful optimism of the millennials. It could be narrowed down a bit further by claiming that these people could have been born between 1977 and 1983 (Star Wars fans are sure to know why).
We are talking about people who, like many of us, have grown up in a fully analog world. We played ball or rubber on the street, read paper books and communicate with our friends in town through letters. Digitization has reached adulthood, usually in the last years of high school or at the beginning of college.
But what characterizes this microgeneration? We share with Generation X cynicism, although we resemble the millennials in the dynamism and optimism we show as we face life.
We are those people who have had the opportunity to interact through postal mail and email, we have enjoyed Star Wars and Harry Potter, bought music on discs, CDs and iTunes and taken to reveal the reels of photos to later use integrated cameras. We are the generation that wept to our parents for a walkman, and that presumed to his friends when they bought a discman to him. Those who recognize a Nokia 3310 and a One Touch Easy. And, of course, we are the last people who "stayed" with their friends.
And you, do you recognize yourself more with the millennial or with the xennial?
So,
1 - Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials: Born 1996 and later
2 - Millennials or Gen Y: Born 1983 to 1995
3 - Xennials: Born 1977 to 1983
4 - Generation X: Born 1965 to 1976
5 - Baby Boomers: Born 1946 to 1964
6 - Traditionalists or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before
References:
http://gawker.com/
http://www.101wkqx.com/
https://www.inverse.com/
http://www.aarp.org/
http://www.pmq.com/
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