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Generations are extended periods of time that are connected with pop cultures. Many characteristics of these generations are the music, fads, inventions, and wars pertinent to each of them.

20th-21st century America

• The Lost Generation was a term originally used to identify a group of American literary expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s; it is now used more generally to describe the generation of young people who came of age in the United States during and shortly after World War I.
• The Greatest Generation is the worldwide generation of Allies that served in World War II. This group overlaps with the G.I. Generation, the generation of veterans that fought and won World War II, later to become the Establishment, and the parents of children who would later become the Baby Boomers.
• The Silent Generation was the generation born between the two World Wars, who were too young to join the service when World War II started. Many had fathers who served in World War I. (1925-1945)
• (born 1946-1964) The Baby Boomers were the generation born just after World War II, a time that included a 14-year increase in birthrate worldwide. Baby Boomers in their teen and college years were characteristically part of the 1960s counterculture, but later became more conservative, eventually gave birth to Generations X and Y. Most academic and demographic literature uses 1946 and 1960 as the cutoff years of the Baby Boom generation.^[1]
• Tweener, also known as Generation Jones, is the generation born between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. Tweeners are primarily the offspring of the Silent Generation; mostly they were children in the 1960s, and teens in the 1970s.
• Disco Generation born 1957-1962, this generation was in its late teens when Saturday Night Fever, Disco, and Charlie's Angels were popular. This generation wore cuffed bell bottoms, high-waisted pants, and platform shoes. The children of the disco generation are usually the teenagers in the mid to late 2000s.
• (born 1965-1979) Generation X is the generation born between approximately 1965 to 1979. Other names used interchangeably with Generation X are 13th Generation and Baby Busters. Most of this generation are children of The Baby Boomers and The Silent Generation. They tended to grow up with video games and MTV, and the end of the Cold War. Those born before 1973 spent most of their teen years in the 1980s.^[2]
• (born 1975-1986) XY Cusp, also known as the MTV Generation, was caught between the end of Generation X and start of Generation Y, mainly living out their childhood through the 80s and teen years in the mid-90s. This generation was influenced by the launch of MTV, and the popularization of Web technology after 1995. Their peak is usually given as (1975-1986). This is also sometimes referred to as the Boomerang Generation. Generation Y are influenced by such media as Pokemon and Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings. They are generally teenagers in the turn of the millennium.
• (born 1980-1986) Generation Y, also known as the Echo Boom although Millennials or Internet Generation is becoming the more common parlance for this generation. They grew up with many world-changing events including the rise of mass communication, the Internet, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Y Generation is known as a Culture War "battleground" with growing disagreements between conservative and progressive perspectives. 1981-2001 is the widest possible definition commonly cited, but generally speaking is the generation that was born in the 1980s.
• (born 1987-1990) - Generation McGuire (Echo Boom) These are usually the children of people in Generation Jones. These people do not have any memory of the Cold War and lived some life in a pre-internet lifestyle. These are the children of the "Echo Boom" which was the large number of babies being born during that time period. And are curently the biggest Cellphone user generation to date.
• (Born 2001-2020) Generation Z, New Silent Generation or Homelander Generation is the youngest of generations thus far. These are the people that are born in the 1990s and will reach adulthood in the 2010s and enter the workforce around 2015-2020. This group of people are instant minded, born in the world of digital technology and gadgets.
• (born after 1993) Generation I, is the generation born after the internet became mainstream (year 1993). This generation has also been referred to as "Technological Boom generation."^[3] as well as the "LG Generation." Generally, they are the people that will be coming of age in the 2010s and the 2020s.

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