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lost generation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
lost -gen-er-a-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The generation that came of age during World War I.

name

A group of American expatriate writers living in Paris during the 1920s.

Etymology

Attributed to Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s.

Inflected Forms

the lost generation (canonical)

Phrases

greatest generation Silent Generation

Frequently Paired Words

greatest generation Silent Generation

Questions

What does lost generation mean?
The generation that came of age during World War I.
Where does lost generation come from?
Attributed to Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s.

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