According to them, it goes something like this:īirth years for Gen Z and Generation Alpha are way blurrier but many put Gen Z at 1997 onwards and Generation Alpha at 2010s onwards. But just how old are we talking?ĭepending on the year you were born, you can be sorted into one of five (still living) generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Generation Z, and Generation Alpha.Īctual birth years for these generations vary but for simplicity’s sake, let’s go with the Pew Research Center’s definitions. But if you find yourself struggling to understand what getting ratio’d means, or why your aunt got called a Karen for asking to speak to the manager at a McDonalds last week, then I suggest you keep reading.įirst off, the bad news: If you didn’t understand that last sentence then you’re probably old. As a Gen Z myself, albeit one of the older ones, I’m no stranger to the surreal humor and ‘illiterate’ lingo of my generation. These are just a few of the names Generation Z gets called. Snowflakes, Doomers, and digital natives.
