Zillennial
A person born within a few years of 1996
Example
As a zillennial, I feel it is my duty to both dismantle Applebee's and go viral on TikTok. Thus, my TikTok series on why Applebee's is terrible
Related Slang
Zennial | A person born in the mid-1990s |
Cusper | A person born at the intersection of two generations |
Xennial | A person born between 1977 and 1983 |
Millennial | A person born between 1981 and 1996 |
OK Millennial | Whatever, young person |
Zoomer | A person born between 1997 and 2012 |
Boomer | A person born between 1946 and 1964 |
OK Boomer | Whatever, old person |
Go viral | To become popular on the Internet |
TikToker | A TikTok user |
A zillennial is a person born within a few years of 1996 - which is the dividing line between millennials and zoomers. Zillennials typically experience life events and exhibit traits associated with both millennials and zoomers, making them unlikely to wholly identify with either group.
For example, zillennials may remember witnessing the events of 9/11, while later-born zoomers would not. However, a zillennial may also have had access to a cell phone and the Internet as a child, while earlier-born millennials would not have.
Because they straddle both generations, zillennials are sometimes asked to bridge the gap between millennials and zoomers online and in the workplace. Zillennials also often poke fun at both generations' preferences, because they both do and don't understand them.