Ten years ago, we might have called them GenerationX, or slackers, but those labels don't quite fit anymore.
十年前，我们可能会把这群人交错第X代，或者混混，但是如今这些称呼已不合适。
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As people like (Douglas, author of GenerationX) Coupland have been pointing out for years now, X is more a sensibility than a rigidly confined demographic.
道格拉斯（《X世代》一书作者）、库普兰这些人这么多年一直在讲，这个 X 更像一个感性词语，而非一个严格定义的人口统计学术语。