"millennial pause" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-millennial pause.wav Forms: millennial pauses [plural]
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  1. (Internet, social media, neologism) A brief pause taken by someone between starting a video recording of themselves and beginning to speak, said to be characteristic of millennials (people born around the 1980s and 1990s). Tags: Internet, neologism Categories (topical): Internet, Social media Synonyms: Millennial pause Related terms: Gen Z shake
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