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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Generation X.

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  • proper noun Generation X

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Examples

  • Style can be too archaic (often found with the historical writer), too florid (the romance writer), too minimalist (the so-called Gen-X writer), too academic (the professor), or too clipped or too protracted (the less talented experimentalist), to name but a few common problems.

    The First Five Pages Noah Lukeman 2000

  • Style can be too archaic (often found with the historical writer), too florid (the romance writer), too minimalist (the so-called Gen-X writer), too academic (the professor), or too clipped or too protracted (the less talented experimentalist), to name but a few common problems.

    The First Five Pages Noah Lukeman 2000

  • Style can be too archaic (often found with the historical writer), too florid (the romance writer), too minimalist (the so-called Gen-X writer), too academic (the professor), or too clipped or too protracted (the less talented experimentalist), to name but a few common problems.

    The First Five Pages Noah Lukeman 2000

  • However, if overused or not used properly—as in much of today’s so-called Gen-X fiction—it can be the mark of self-indulgence.

    The First Five Pages Noah Lukeman 2000

  • However, if overused or not used properly—as in much of today’s so-called Gen-X fiction—it can be the mark of self-indulgence.

    The First Five Pages Noah Lukeman 2000

  • However, if overused or not used properly—as in much of today’s so-called Gen-X fiction—it can be the mark of self-indulgence.

    The First Five Pages Noah Lukeman 2000

  • The problem with these oral histories isn't that looking back at past favorites affords an easy way to hear from those all-important celebrity voices, nor that it's a nostalgic ploy to keep Gen-X subscribers happy since the kids after that don't quite understand these "magazines" you speak of.

    Patrick Sauer: Porky's : An Oral History Patrick Sauer 2010

  • The problem with these oral histories isn't that looking back at past favorites affords an easy way to hear from those all-important celebrity voices, nor that it's a nostalgic ploy to keep Gen-X subscribers happy since the kids after that don't quite understand these "magazines" you speak of.

    Patrick Sauer: Porky's: An Oral History Patrick Sauer 2010

  • Snarky, Gen-X humor coupled with a pretty cool -- pretty nonsensical too -- villain taking the form of the main character's right hand.

    Fave Five: Comedic Horror Movies 2009

  • A passel of grizzled Gen-X rockers -- Dave Navarro, Sebastian Bach, Mark McGrath, Matt Sorum and others -- lunching at the W's rooftop POV Thursday, after a tour of the White House.

    Hey, isn't that: Mark McGrath, Dave Navarro, Quincy Jones, James Taylor, Michelle Obama 2011

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