Learn English – Word/phrase to call people who born in the new millennium

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I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe people who born after 2000. In fact, I want something like Millennials (rather than teenagers). A not-so-interesting option for that is Generation Z.
Is there any word/phrase for that?

Best Answer

Here are a few suggestions from pewresearch.org:

  • Pew Research Center’s Paul Taylor appeared on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” to discuss his new book, The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown.

  • Suggestions include Digital Natives, Generation Like and the Selfie Generation, emphasizing this generation’s deep connection to technology; the Rainbow Generation, a nod to their diversity; and Homelanders or the 9/11 Generation, tributes to how the 9/11 attacks and war on terrorism shaped their early lives.

Jon Stewart made his own suggestions:

  • TwoKays or 2K’s: “Since they are born after 2000 … Y2K?”

  • The Conflict Generation: “They have grown up with two big wars and many little ones. They are witness to the ‘Arab Spring,’ the rise of ethnic factions.”

  • Generation i, iGeners, iGens: Submitted with the disclaimer “I am not a journalist.”

  • @generation or the swipe generation: “Thought of that as I watched my son use his iPad.”

  • The Tweennials: “We are in the ‘tweens’ of this century after all.”

  • Screeners: “My students live and die by the screen.”

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