It was pointed out to me recently that, in the term “Generation X”, the X is not the Roman Numeral X or ten. This now makes sense to me since Generation X, typically referring to people born between 1965 and 1980 (many of you!), is, by my count, more than 10 years long. I had always struggled with the term, but, being busy with this blog and all, had never taken the time to sort it out. For clarification, maybe we should refer to this age group as Generation XV.
And while we’re at it, since each generation of people is generally larger physically than previous generations, and since we’re close to the end of the alphabet and quickly running out of letters, would it make sense to rename “Generation Z” as “Generation XXL”?
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