 |
Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. |
The MTV Generation is a term sometimes used to refer to youth of the late 20th century. [1] [2][3][4] [5][6] The term can mean different thing to different people, and is sometimes used synonymously with the terms Generation X or Generation Y.[7]
History
The phrase was featured on The Simpsons in the 1992 episode "Homer's Triple Bypass", with the characters Bart and Lisa referring to themselves as such, describing the MTV Generation as ones that "feel neither highs nor lows". When Homer asks what it's like, Lisa replies "meh."
See also
References
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,623292,00.html
- ^ http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/10/obama-unplugged.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/20/us/frank-talk-by-clinton-to-mtv-generation.html
- ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/31/mtv.20/index.html
- ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=403507]
- ^ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152347,00.html
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MJT/is_6_14/ai_112905386/?tag=untagged
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
