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Xer

Xer

5 8.3
A person born in the 1960s to the early 1980s
  • noun
  • /zɜr/
: Xer
  • I'm a Gen Xer.
  • Gen Xer
  • Generation Xers
  • boomers and Generation Xers

But the size of the Xers, which I'm an Xer, you're an Xer maybe I think you're an Xer.

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Examples

  • I don't think Xers are comfortable with that kind of MO, as it smacks of dishonesty.

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  • As a Gen-Xer, I say this is a great article!

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  • If you are a Gen Xer, you have to be really careful.

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  • I must be a Gen Xer born a few years late.

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  • And yes, I'm a Gen Xer :)

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  • Any way you look at it, the majority of Americans will look at Joe Biden and then they will look at Paul Ryan, our first Gen-Xer as Vice President, young, with fresh ideas, and he is an economics major.

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  • According to the Strauss & Howe generational distinctions, this makes him an early Gen-Xer.

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  • As a proud Xer, she often reflects on the unique challenges her generation faced.

  • Many Xers are now in their forties, balancing careers and family life.

  • A group of Xers gathered to discuss the impact of technology on their upbringing.

Synonyms

Generation X
vsXer
9 3.6

People born between the early 1960s and the late 1970s who come after the baby boomers

is broader, extending the end of the range into the early 1980s
Gen X
vsXer
  • US
6 3.9

People born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, often in the United States and Canada

covers a slightly wider birth range beginning in the early 1960s

Surface Forms

Xer singular
Xers plural

Morphology

Xer = X (semi-transparent) = X + er

The suffix '-er' clearly forms a person noun, but the reference of 'X' to Generation X is conventional rather than predictable from ordinary word meaning.

Etymology

Xer comes from Generation X and the ending -er, which turns a group name into a person, just like 'New Yorker' turns New York into a person. So a Xer is 'a person from Generation X', usually born in the early 1960s to early 1980s.