Xennials are the micro-generation of people on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial demographic cohorts.
Many researchers and popular media use birth years from 1977 to 1983 to define the Xennial generation.
These years are chosen because they mark the end of Generation X and the beginning of the Millennial generation. Xennials are characterized by their unique experience of straddling the line between these two major generational cohorts. They had an analog childhood and a digital young adulthood, experiencing the shift from traditional forms of communication and entertainment to the digital age during their formative years. This specific date range reflects the idea that Xennials were born during the cusp of Generation X and the early years of the Millennial generation, sharing some cultural and technological experiences with both groups.
In 2020, Xennial was added to the Oxford Dictionary of English. It was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2021: Xennial, n. and adj.: “A person born between the late 1970s...