Meaning of millennial pause | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A brief pause by someone between starting a video recording of themselves and beginning to speak, said to be characteristic of millennials (people born around the 1980s and 1990s).
   Internet, neologism
2. Alternative letter-case form of millennial pause.
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Examples

“Apparently, I'm still guilty of the "Millennial pause." After hitting "Record⟳," I wait⟳ a split⟳ second before I start⟳ speaking, just to make⟳ sure that TikTok is actually recording.”

“Ekin-Su doesn't flatten herself to widen her appeal to audiences. It's even more obvious, now that she's out of the villa, that she had minimal IG career aspirations going in — she and Davide both are endearingly bad at social media (check Ekin's IG Story and you're likely to find⟳ millennial pauses, the comic sans font, and 2012-style selfie angles).”

“Apparently, I'm still guilty of the "Millennial pause." After hitting "Record⟳," I wait⟳ a split⟳ second before I start⟳ speaking, just to make⟳ sure that TikTok is actually recording.”

“As Millennials overtake⟳ Boomers as the most embarrassing generation — the most recent focus⟳ of slagging by the younger Gen Z is the “Millennial pause”, which is that excruciating two seconds that pass⟳ in a smartphone video while a thirtysomething is checking to make⟳ sure they’re recording themselves — I’m reminded of the phrase “adulting”.”

“From embarrassing Millennial poses to the dreaded Millennial pause, and even just the simple boundaries you put⟳ (or don't, in my case) around apps like⟳ Instagram, there's plenty I do wrong on a weekly, or even daily basis.”

“As the mannerism is somewhat exclusive to those born in and around the 2000s, it's being cast⟳ as this generation’s Millennial pause.”

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