"Gen X" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1999, Rob Owen, Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 54:",
          "text": "If the MTV innovation is one hallmark of Gen X, another important attribute is this generation's sense of humor, which is self-conscious, self-deprecating, and filled with irony, but also tends to be somewhat subversive and antiestablishment.",
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          "ref": "2019 December 27, Anya Strzemien, “13 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2020”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2020:",
          "text": "Hug a Boomer/Xer/Millennial/Zoomer In case you missed it: Gen Z is mad at boomers for the state of the world; boomers are mad at Gen Z for being so dismissive; Gen X feels forgotten and yet resents even themselves; […]",
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        "Clipping of Generation X."
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  "word": "Gen X"
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          "ref": "1999, Rob Owen, Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 54:",
          "text": "If the MTV innovation is one hallmark of Gen X, another important attribute is this generation's sense of humor, which is self-conscious, self-deprecating, and filled with irony, but also tends to be somewhat subversive and antiestablishment.",
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          "text": "Hug a Boomer/Xer/Millennial/Zoomer In case you missed it: Gen Z is mad at boomers for the state of the world; boomers are mad at Gen Z for being so dismissive; Gen X feels forgotten and yet resents even themselves; […]",
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