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Snowflake Generation

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Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of snowflake generation.

  2. The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly…

    The generation born in the 1980s and 1990s, viewed as being hypersensitive and needlessly treated as special compared with previous generations.

    • The Snowflake Generation — they are all special and unique!
    • Much has also been made of the psychological impact on the only children born since 1979—the “precious snowflake” generation, lavished with love and attention by their parents and without siblings to share life with.
    • Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snowflake, generation.

    • At an early stage of snowflake generation in the upper convective cell, the growth of snow aggregates seemed to occur considerably rapidly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA