Generation Y

noun

: the generation of people born in the period roughly from 1980 to the mid-1990s : the millennials

Generation Y is purportedly wiping out casual dining, golf, diamonds, homeownership, and bars of soap …

—Elizabeth King

Generation Y is the most educated in American history, but its education came at a price.

—Derek Thompson

compare generation x, generation z

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above