Meaning of Generation Zed | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The next virus may be devastating to their PC's, but Generation Zed needs to develop a vision of their destiny.”

“Anabel shrugs. ‘Then take an earlier flight today so you get to see her at the airport, stupid.’ He shakes his head. ‘How bloody disrespectful is generation zed?’”

“Generation Zed, today’s new learners, are also the most technologically literate and socially empowered generation of children ever.”

“Emulating the Smurfs and wearing an oversized sock on your head does seem pretty small beer next to the seven pounds of ironmongery adorning a young woman’s otherwise pretty face I saw recently, or the slew of tattoo-fetishists from Generation Zed who will be figuring out which laser specialist to enrich a few years down the road. But who am I to talk? I just need to check out some photos from the 1970s to humble up, and I wasn’t even into disco!”

“As a playwright she has won the Nick Darke award for her script Paradise (an environmental play) and the Generation Zed play-writing competition for a script idea for the Pilot Theatre to be developed for young people (11–15 year olds).”

“A major contributor to the worsening mental health of Zeds [Generation Zed broadly encompasses young people 17 and under] is less support from families, with fewer functioning adults around and a lessened sense of community. — Professor Ian Hickie, executive director of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Sydney (The Sun Herald, April 13th 2008).”

““Thinks she’s hot shit. What is she, 28?” “Generation Zed.””

“Generation Zed, the 15-24 year old student group, account for over 40 per cent of TAFE enrolments, comprising TAFE’s largest student cohort. Generation Zed is global, social, visual and technological and they engage with the world in a totally different way from previous generations.”

“However, there are other changes in Canadian English with a clear quickening of pace in generations X and Y and on down into Generation ZED.”

“She called the incident a generational issue and something to be of concern for the future. The boys who did this were “special” in some diabolical manner. She described them as prototypes for the following generation, perhaps the one next over. Generation Zed, as she called them. With each generation since the Greatest Generation, the WWII generation, the children have been losing their humanity in an existentially destructive manner.”

“Those in Generation Zed, as digital integrators, spend on average ten hours and nineteen minutes per day utilizing technology.”

“[…] they are primarily addressed to Generation Zed and Millennial users.”

“These youth represent four examples of how Generation Zed is embracing our changing world.”

“In this case, Generation Zed’s preferred leadership characteristics will be explored within entry-levels jobs.”

“Next Generation – HOPE is committed to the valorisation of young people (Generation Zed) in the world of work through dedicated training and education programs aimed at increasing financial knowledge, civic awareness and interest in Italy.”

“There is no pendulum of change to swing us back to the ‘good old days’ – the direction of these shifts will continue. Indeed, have a quick look at the Generation Zeds. They are born to parents who are a decade older than the Boomers were when they began families, there are half as many of them per household compared to 50 years ago, and so they are being even more scheduled, protected and materially endowed than the Y-ers.”

“Uber might be cool, but it might take a little while to show up in rural Nebraska every time a kid needs to go someplace, and while Tesla might also be cool, it's unlikely to be a Generation Zed's or a millennial's first set of wheels.”

“As she explained to the bank’s ‘relationship manager’: ‘People expect choice. Your Millennials and Generation Zeds, they’re used to picking from everything in the world and having it today. Fancy a turmeric latte and a cronut? Get it Deliveroo’d.’”

“‘You’re right and maybe we are an outcome of the serious crap our families wanted to get away from. Explains why we Generation Zeds, take the next step into a happier, projected future!’”

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