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Me generation
noun
- the generation, originally in the 1970s, characterized by self-absorption; in the 1980s, characterized by material greed
Example Sentences
Carter was hope that resided between the violence of the past and the macabre, decadent future, the rise of the 鈥淢e Generation鈥 and intolerant, radical religious lunatics, the awful class war that created an oligarchy of billionaires, destroyed the middle class and eventually swept away all the progress made during the civil rights era and more.
Though the series was never a massive ratings hit, it was popular with the kind of affluent, educated professionals it portrayed, and sparked lively debate about the shifting values of the 鈥淢e鈥 generation.
Authentic videotape from that time and the shallow, kitschy music take you back to the time of the 鈥淢e Generation鈥 and every low-brow clich茅 of the 70s through the Reagan years.
She brought up a 2013 Time magazine cover story about millennials titled 鈥淭he Me Me Me Generation鈥; at that point, reasoned Zoladz, the inclination was for the conversation to be about millennials鈥 behavior without examining the root causes behind it.
We defined the 鈥淢e鈥 generation.
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