Identifying characteristics of those born at the cusp of Gen Z and Millennial generations.

Are you born just before Gen Z but don't feel like a Millennial? If so, you could be a Zillennial! This generation is stuck between two worlds, belonging to both and neither, which makes them hard to identify. Depending on who you ask, Zillennials are typically born between 1992-1998 or 1990-2000. Even then, experts can't agree on the exact years that define this generation.

TikTok has been trying to understand Zillennials for years now. Posters have come up with some interesting insights into this generation's core traits. For example, Zoe, who goes by @zozoakz and has almost 180,000 likes on a recent video on the subject, believes a dead giveaway of a Zillennial is their choice of clothing - straight-leg jeans. Not too wide, not too skinny, not flared - just a middle-of-the-road style that bridges the gap between Millennial and Gen Z trends.

Zoe also points out that Zillennials tend to post on social media differently. Photos with friends at cool places are popular, and if they post a picture of themselves, it's usually one of them doing something fun. This falls between the typical Millennial and Gen Z habits - the former posting selfies and the latter posting "blurry pictures of things".

Another TikTok poster, Jenna (@jennasingswan), has identified various subgroups of Zillennials. There are "Millenzials", who are lovers of Facebook, Disney, late night shows, and '90s/'00s nostalgia. Then there are the "Gen M" types, who are fans of true crime, pop culture and podcasts, and nitro cold brews. Jenna even jokingly claims they have "no will to live" in one of her video clips, which has over 30,000 likes.

It's easy to dismiss this as pedantic, but these micro-gens make sense. It's true that the age range of each generation varies depending on the source, and the Resolution Foundation even use 1981-2000 as the Millennial age range. But when you consider the fact that time is just a capitalist construct, it doesn't seem so arbitrary to lump all these middling years together.

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