Meaning of Generation Zedder | Babel Free

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“On a high wall in the corner of Social Chain’s Manchester office, with a look of serene exasperation, Jesus Christ looks down on the sea of millennials and Generation Zedders (or whatever the dominant term is for the under-20s this month) tapping out tweets and social media stories.”

“So we’re still not online as moving day approaches and it’s looking like our new digs won’t be digital right away. I break it to Youngest Child, a Generation Zedder raised by the interweb, that we may be temporarily off-grid.”

“Linguistic experts say young people – Generation Zedders, so those in their early 20s and teens – have got a thing about full stops at the end of text messages.”

“Imagine showing this programme to someone currently in their teens and saying: “There you go, sonny. That’s what you Generation Zedders are missing out on. Jealous?””

“So: congratulations millennials and Generation Zedders: we did it! We finally have our before and after, the one we will be experts on when it comes to passing wisdom on to our anticipated grand-younglings and beyond. For ours is the kingdom of Covid-19 and its aftermath in an increasingly totalitarian world, amen.”

“Cord cutting is becoming a thing in the United States as Generation ‘Zedders’ and Millennials ditch free-to-air and cable broadcasters to consume all their media, including sport, through streaming apps on their various devices.”

“Research shows that only 14 per cent of Generation Zedders have enough spare cash to weather rising prices, compared to 52 per cent of Millennials (in their 30s), 64 per cent of Generation X (in their 40s and 50s), which probably includes your parents, and 60 per cent of Baby Boomers (the post-war generation now in their 60s).”

“We have become hopelessly entangled in our ability to express ourselves clearly over fundamental matters of biology. Younger people, Generation Zedders, have a pragmatic view of these matters. They all know who they are and are not fussed by new definitions, and neither should the older generations.”

“Back in the 80s he [Ben Elton] was one of the angry young things of alternative comedy, but this time he was hosting up-and-coming acts. ‘It just goes to show that Boomers and Generation Zedders can get on after all!’”

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