Gen Zed

Gen Zed

1. Alternative form of Gen Z
   • 2009, Yaso Nadarajah, Martin Mulligan, Jodi-Anne Smith, Louise le Nay, Christina Hindhaugh, Unexpected Sources of Hope: Climate Change, Community and the Future, Globalism Research Centre and Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University, →ISBN, page 8:

     There are Towners, FOBS (refugees) and Offlanders (children of those who have moved in to town from farms). These kids are part of Gen Zed. They harbour resentment towards Gen X who failed to fix the mess left by the hated, profligate Baby Boomers.

   • 2021, Jimmy Carr, Before & Laughter: A Life-Changing Book, Quercus Editions, →ISBN:

     I still measure success in life by what the alternative might have been. Like in Sliding Doors or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (if you’re Gen Zed).

   • 2022, Felix Dodds, Carolina Duque Chopitea, Ranger Ruffins, Tomorrow’s People and New Technology: Changing How We Live Our Lives, Routledge, →ISBN:

     What started off as a very Gen Zed trend in gaming, buying skins or digital clothing and digital makeup, is now going to be the norm. […] (McCarthy, 2020)

Gen Zed (plural Gen Zeds)

1. Alternative form of Gen Z
   • 2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, Word Up: A Lexicon and Guide to Communication in the 21st Century, Halstead Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     Above is a sample of chat language between two Gen Zeds.

   • 2013 December 17, Dana Glassman, “For kids from one to 92”, in National Post, volume 16, number 43, page B2:

     The ballet is loosely based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s dark tale, but Kudelka’s take on the classic is lighthearted, with non-stop action befitting the Gen Zeds whose attention spans are notoriously short.

   • 2021, Joe Saul-Sehy, Emily Guy Birken, Stacked: Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management, Avery, →ISBN, page 262:

     Inflation works in concert with these troubling phenomena to make Millennials and Gen Zeds want to strangle their parents and grandparents when the latter ask, “Why haven’t you bought a house yet?”