So "MTV Generation" doesn't sound quite right? Try one of these nicknames--culled from the media and conversations with culture observers--for people in their 20s.
Age of Indifference--from a 1990 Times Mirror study of apathy among 18- to 30-year-olds
Blank Generation--from a song by Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Baby Busters--because, compared to the baby boomers, there are so few of them
Born to be Mild Generation--in reference to their moderate lifestyles
Boomerang Generation--based on their tendency to skip from job to job and relationship to relationship
Moral Mutants--from a 1990 study suggesting that 18- to 30-year-olds "lack commitment to core moral values such as honesty, respect for others
Post-Vietnam Generation
Post-boomers
Twentysomethings
Generation X--from Douglas Coupland's novel "Generation X: Takes For an Accelerated Culture" (St. Martin's Press)
