Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

generation jones

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: gen-er-a-tion jones
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The generation of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s; they are the younger subset of the baby boomers but are sometimes conceptualized as being sandwiched between the older subset of baby boomers and Gen-Xers.

Example Sentences

"Generation Jones listened to a lot of classic rock when young."
"The later cohort of Generation Jones really seems to combine some Baby Boom qualities with those of later generational cohorts."

Etymology

Coined by author Jonathan Pontell, from jonesing (“intense craving”).

Derived Forms

Joneser

Phrases

sandwich generation

Frequently Paired Words

sandwich generation

Questions

What does generation jones mean?: The generation of people born in the late 1950s and early 1960s; they are the younger subset of the baby boomers but are sometimes conceptualized as being sandwiched between the older subset of baby boomers and Gen-Xers.
Where does generation jones come from?: Coined by author Jonathan Pontell, from jonesing (“intense craving”).

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