English Explanatory Dictionary

Snowflake Generation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of snowflake generation.
noun
  1. The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snowflake, generation.

Word forms

Snowflake Generation

Etymology

From the use of snowflake for a hypersensitive young person who sees themselves as unique and special.

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