Author who popularized the term "Gen X" as an empty placeholder representing the post-Boomer, pre-Millennial generation caught in anomie and listlessness.
"when Douglas Copeland popularized the term "Gen X" for the post-Boomer, pre-Millennial generation, the point was that X was an empty placeholder, as in algebra. This was in contrast to the Greatest Generation, the Silent Generation, and the Baby Boomers, each of which had some actual demographic con"