snowflake generation
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative letter-case form of snowflake generation.
noun
The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snowflake, generation.
Example Sentences
- "The Snowflake Generation — they are all special and unique!"
- "Much has also been made of the psychological impact on the only children born since 1979—the “precious snowflake” generation, lavished with love and attention by their parents and without siblings to share life with."
- "Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned."
- "Miraculously, they did this without any input from the so-called snowflake generation."
- "At an early stage of snowflake generation in the upper convective cell, the growth of snow aggregates seemed to occur considerably rapidly."
Etymology
From the use of snowflake for a hypersensitive young person who sees themselves as unique and special.