Oregon Trail Generation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A transitional microgeneration born from the mid- to late 1970s to the early to mid-1980s, characterized by its pre-Internet childhood and online adolescence and early adulthood.
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  1. Alternative form of Oregon Trail Generation.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Oregon Trail Generation the Oregon Trail Generation

Etymology

Coined in reference to the educational computer game The Oregon Trail (1985) that members of the generation frequently played as children.

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