You can use that "Xeinnial" term all you want, it's your right. But it's not an official term used by any real generational theorist. It was coined by some online journalist in 2013, who was born between the years of 1977 and 1983(the actual years they used, no more no less). But the "Xeinnial" term is only used by people who don't want to except that they're Gen X or Millennial. It's a useless term. You're either Gen X or Millennial. 77 to 81 is Gen X, 81 to 96 is Millennial. And it makes a lot of sense. Mid 80s borns are full on Millennials. You're either a mid 80s born wanting desperately to not be considered a millennial but know you can't be Gen X so you're latching onto this whole pointless "xeinnial" term. Sorry but If were born sometime between 81 and 96, then you're a Millennial. 77 to 81, Welcome to Gen .


I disagree entirely. Scientists have started to use the term ‘XENNIAL’ after the journalist from 2013 thought of it to describe people born from 1977 to 1983. Some adults who are neither journalists or scientists, but know about the term, will tell you that 1977 to 1986 borns are XYers. Honestly, all mid 70s babies to mid 80s babies are ‘Xennials’. While it is true that several scientists still sat that 1980 to 1996 is Millennial, we ‘XYers’ do not like to be grouped with Millennials. My micro-generation believes that Millennials are ruining the world. Personally speaking, I’d much rather be a member of Gen X than a Yer. Xennials not only had a more memorable childhood, but we are more polished than Millennials are.

Boomers and Xers only believe what you typed in your post because they are lazy and behind the times. In reality, mid 70s to mid 80s babies are all ‘Xennials’ and most of us see ourselves as such. It’s only the people who don’t care that consider themselves as ‘Millennials’, but ‘85 and ‘86 borns were of age to see some portion of the 1980s (even if it was but a month or two).

One of my major gripes with ‘XYers’ is ‘we don’t bark loud enough’ for anyone to hear us, so mainstream media forgets there is a micro-generation between X and Y. Xennials have always been a quiet micro-generation. We are barely noticeable anywhere on this earth.  :-\\

I disagree entirely. Scientists have started to use the term ‘XENNIAL’ after the journalist from 2013 thought of it to describe people born from 1977 to 1983. Some adults who are neither journalists or scientists, but know about the term, will tell you that 1977 to 1986 borns are XYers. Honestly, all mid 70s babies to mid 80s babies are ‘Xennials’. While it is true that several scientists still sat that 1980 to 1996 is Millennial, we ‘XYers’ do not like to be grouped with Millennials. My micro-generation believes that Millennials are ruining the world. Personally speaking, I’d much rather be a member of Gen X than a Yer. Xennials not only had a more memorable childhood, but we are more polished than Millennials are.

Boomers and Xers only believe what you typed in your post because they are lazy and behind the times. In reality, mid 70s to mid 80s babies are all ‘Xennials’ and most of us see ourselves as such. It’s only the people who don’t care that consider themselves as ‘Millennials’, but ‘85 and ‘86 borns were of age to see some portion of the 1980s (even if it was but a month or two).


If the Millennial generation begins in 1987, when would you end it? 1999?

Yeah, anybody that was a kid during the '80s can't be considered fully Gen Y as far as I'm concerned. Being a '90s kid is just such a major part of being a stereotypical Gen Yer.


Yeah I think if a large portion of somebody's childhood was in the 80s, they're at least partially Gen X. So like born up to 1982 maybe would be part of the "Xennials" Retrolover is talking about. I disagree with extending it as late as 1986 though. I realize they became teenagers in 1999, but I still view people born in the mid 80s as core millennials, maybe even moreso than people born in the early 90s.

I disagree entirely. Scientists have started to use the term ‘XENNIAL’ after the journalist from 2013 thought of it to describe people born from 1977 to 1983. Some adults who are neither journalists or scientists, but know about the term, will tell you that 1977 to 1986 borns are X/Yers. Honestly, all mid 70s babies to mid 80s babies are ‘Xennials.’ While it is true that several scientists still state that 1980 to 1996 is Millennial, we ‘XYers’ do not like to be grouped with Millennials. My micro-generation believes that Millennials are ruining the world. Personally speaking, I’d much rather be a member of Gen X than a Yer. Xennials not only had a more memorable childhood, but we are more polished than Millennials are.

Boomers and Xers only believe what you typed in your post because they are lazy and behind the times. In reality, the mid-70s to mid 80s babies are all ‘Xennials,’ and most of us see ourselves as such. It’s only the people who don’t care that consider themselves as ‘Millennials,.’ However, ‘85 and ‘86 borns were of age to see some portion of the 1980s (even if it was but a month or two).
That's because the stereotypes surrounding Millennials are not only negative but also inaccurate. I think the label is BS. I never understood why it is essential to members of that microgeneration. Are they using that to say they were proud they grew up in an analog world? It's strange because I noticed over the years, those same people always claim they had a "tech-free" childhood and adolescence or such rubbish. What they fail to observe are other potential factors such as politics, everyday attitudes, and other misc. I mean just because they didn't have those high tech gadgets doesn't mean they are Gen Xers. Plus, VHS, Walkmans/Discmans, and computers, for example, were already conventional as those members were born.

If anything, Gen Xers are different than from what "Xennials" believe. There was a time they may have used 8-tracks, 8mm cameras, record players, and even rotary dial phones. They also remember a period where PCs were not universal at home, work, or school. Significant events that impacted them were AIDS, Iran-Contra scandal, Challenger disaster, 1987 stock market crash, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Desert Storm operations, USSR collapse, the first WTC bombing, the Branch Davidian Standoff, and the OKC bombing. How many of these occurrences could "Xennials" remember and even understand? Plus, not all Gen Xers were cynics and apathetic people either. Some were idealists and passionate about making changes in the world.

I have also read statements from some "Xennials" who were nerdy kids during the digital revolution. They explained they programmed their PC to utilize software and do all kinds of extraordinary features. Next, as children, they stated they played an old PC game called Oregon Trail nearly every day at home or in school. As they were teens, they used social media, which was chatroom back then. Does AOL/ICQ/MSN for example, not ring a bell? They would have been the primary users throughout their high school and college years when they were standard. I mean, if "Xennials" played Oregon Trail on a PC and used Walkmans or Discmans to play music. Or, if they used social media in school, there's no way those folks can say they experienced a "tech-free" childhood and adolescence. Those claims don't make any sense.

If the Millennial generation begins in 1987, when would you end it? 1999?


1995.

Yeah I think if a large portion of somebody's childhood was in the 80s, they're at least partially Gen X. So like born up to 1982 maybe would be part of the "Xennials" Retrolover is talking about. I disagree with extending it as late as 1986 though. I realize they became teenagers in 1999, but I still view people born in the mid 80s as core millennials, maybe even moreso than people born in the early 90s.


The latter Late Gen Xers were becoming teenagers in the late 80s.

You might view people born in the mid 80s as core Millennials and some mid 80s babies might blindly identify as such, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people out there who see all mid 80s babies as late Xennials. Mid 80s babies did not have a childhood that started in the 90s. The latter part of their childhood happened in the 90s, but their childhood still began in the 1980s. Late 80s babies cannot say that they remember any part of their childhood before 1990, because their childhood cultural identity was formed in the 90s like every other Millennial.

I remember one time one of my teachers told my classmates and I that our generation is called 13iers. ? That was a long time ago.

The latter Late Gen Xers were becoming teenagers in the late 80s.

You might view people born in the mid-80s as core Millennials, and some mid 80s babies might blindly identify as such, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people out there who see all mid 80s babies as late Xennials. Mid 80s babies did not have a childhood that started in the 90s. The latter part of their childhood happened in the 90s, but their childhood still began in the 1980s. Late 80s babies cannot say that they remember any part of their childhood before 1990 because their childhood cultural identity was formed in the 90s like every other Millennial.
I thought the late 80s childhood culture was for Millennials. Gen Xers by then were generally teens and adults, not necessarily kids.

Well, those people are wrong. The mid-80s people are Millennials, but they would be members of the older ones along with the early 80s too. The only reason this label exists is because of folks your age group always whining about how they're not technology zombies or that they don't fit the typical Millennial stereotypes. Well, their complaints and excuses show otherwise, and you don't even realize that.

I thought the late 80s childhood culture was for Millennials. Gen Xers by then were generally teens and adults, not necessarily kids.

Well, those people are wrong. The mid-80s people are Millennials, but they would be members of the older ones along with the early 80s too. The only reason this label exists is because of folks your age group always whining about how they're not technology zombies or that they don't fit the typical Millennial stereotypes. Well, their complaints and excuses show otherwise, and you don't even realize that.


As children, Xennials were greedier than Millennials. All XYers were children in different parts of the 80s and the 80s were time where children had to have ‘the main characters, a few villains, the playset for main characters, vehicle for main characters, hideout for villains, ride for villains’, clothes with the characters on it, and video games for the property’.

It’s a good thing that Millennials, Zers, and Alphas did not/don’t have 30 minute toy commercials and movie ads for products like we did. Xennials could not escape consumerism in the 80s and very early 90s.