Why is it called “Generation X?”
It seems like every generation needs a catchy name, and the folks born in the 60s and 70s are no exception. To discover the origin of their moniker, we checked the Yahoo! Generation X category (under Society and Culture > Cultures and Groups). Right off the bat, we noticed a prominent link to a subcategory about author Douglas Coupland. Curious, we decided to begin our hunt there. We visited the official Douglas Coupland site and while it offered a lot of cool stuff — essays, literary outtakes, film clips and even pieces of collage — there wasn’t much background material on Coupland’s work or the origin of the phrase “Generation X.” Next, we perused some of the other sites listed in the Coupland and Gen X categories, but after several rou
