Gen Zedder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen Zedders
Senses: examples: text: “Put some tunes on, will you?” A minute later, the two of them have their heads down working, Gen Zedders’ latest remix blasting through the lab.
ref: 2017 July 26, Dan Rabarts, Lee Murray, Hounds of the Underworld (The Path of Ra; book 1), Raw Dog Screaming Press, →ISBN:
text: ‘And the key to that is connecting with the Millennials and Gen Zedders.’ Jim and Beryl perked up at this. Millennials and Gen Zedders were the demographic who, polling suggested, were most likely to be supportive of keeping England within an outward-looking, Euro-friendly UK.
ref: 2019 April 4, Ben Elton, Identity Crisis, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN:
text: Anyway we both went in for a quick lunch in early August – it's not really my sort of gaff, being small and friendly and full of Gen Zedders […]
ref: 2019 September 7, Giles Coren, “Giles Coren reviews Ballintaggart Farm, Perthshire, et al”, in The Times:
text: WITH veganism gaining in popularity among Gen Zedders, does she offer vegan options?
ref: 2019 November 9, Cate Devine, “Bake Off’s Flora Shedden”, in The Herald Magazine:
text: It’s why, I think, phone-charging habits are also generational: Gen Zedders, having grown up in a world of plenty, never expect a lack to be permanent and are more likely to let their phone charge nosedive.
ref: 2020 June 28, Elizabeth Day, “The power struggle in my relationship”, in You:
text: A new study has found that Millennials (generally born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Zedders (1997 to 2012) own or want to own a classic vehicle more than the older Gen X (1965 to 1980) and Baby Boomer 1946 to 1964) generations.
ref: 2020 October 20, Nile Bijoux, “Young people want and own more classic cars than Boomers”, in Stuff:
text: Take meetings with millennials and Gen Zedders. It’s like being in room where everyone speaks a foreign language – acronymish.
ref: 2020 September 1, Nicola Whitfield, “Sorry, kids, the full stop is here to stay. Period.”, in News24, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2020:
text: Through empirical research, we have analyzed the way the Millennials and Gen Zedders in Serbia have organised their travel (on their own or through a travel agency), before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their choice of accommodation during the pandemic, and the respondents’ opinions on travel with COVID-19 passports.
ref: 2021, Karolina Perčić, Nada Spasić, “How Millennials and Generation Z organise travel during the COVID 19 pandemic”, in Hotel and Tourism Management, volume 9, number 2, University of Kragujevac; Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, →DOI, →ISSN, page 80:
text: We’ve seen everything from cloud bread to dalgona coffee sweep the app, putting Gen Zedders into a frenzy, but this trend of baked feta tomato pasta is something else.
ref: 2021 February 15, Lottie Woodrow, “Is Baked Feta Pasta Worth The TikTok Hype?”, in The Handbook, The Handbook UK Ltd:
text: “The gig showed they were in on the joke,” says [Lauren] James, “and that reached out to all these Gen Zedders.[…]”
ref: 2022 February 4, Rob Garratt, “Has Korn somehow breathed new life into nu metal music with 'Requiem'?”, in The National:
text: At 84, the octogenarian is one of the oldest to pose for a fashion house, doing so to grand effect in sleek black sweaters and a studded black coat with doughnut print T-shirt, giving any Gen Zedder a run for their money.
ref: 2022 May 13, Claire Allfree, “Stephen Doig Man Friday Anthony Hopkins leads the charge on silver style for men”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: Millennials and Gen Zedders’ approach to romance can teach later-life singletons a thing or two about new relationships, according to dating agent Anna Williamson.
ref: 2022 August 14, “Lessons in love”, in The Sunday People:
text: Lack of interest in nail varnish may be a casus belli among Gen Zedders but for couples my age, […]
ref: 2022 August 30, Robert Crampton, “‘You look tired’, and the other things I’ve learnt not to say to a woman”, in The Times:
text: Even though the metaverse seems a long way away, if the VMAs is anything to go by, it is still a wildly popular idea, especially with Millennials and Gen Zedders.
ref: 2022 September 1, Nicole Buckler, “BlackPink Take Award for Best Metaverse Concert at the VMAs”, in BEinCrypto, BEinNews Academy Ltd:
text: As an ex-Ladette, I am in awe of Gen Zedders now who don’t seem to think regularly waking up on a pavement outside G.A.Y. means you are having fun.
ref: 2022 September 22, Shaparak Khorsandi, “Shaparak Khorsandi on … Ladettes”, in Gyles Brandreth, A History of Britain in Just a Minute, Random House, →ISBN:
text: Following a session on ‘Gen Z and the Lure of the Office’, chaired by Unispace’s Stuart Finnie at CoreNet Global’s EMEA Summit last month, I spoke to some Gen Zedders at one (of the many) parties I attended.
ref: 2022 October 3, Jo Sutherland, “Generations in the workplace: setting the record straight”, in Worplace Insight, Insight Publishing:
glosses: Alternative form of Gen-Zer.