Meena Harris, 36, author, lawyer and niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris, joked on Twitter that she "rejects and denounces the term geriatric millennial". True as it may be that there is a world of difference between the childhoods of those born in 19, it's the use of the word "geriatric" and the fact it's been applied to people aged 35 to 41, that's sparked a reaction. These are people who are likely still renting a home, use Facebook and carry an iPhone in their pocket. They are digitally savvy, but also remember fighting siblings for a slot on the family computer, having to come offline when their mum wanted to make a phone call and spending Friday nights browsing the shelves of Blockbuster to pick a VHS to take home. Aged 38, Priyanka Chopra Jonas is a geriatric millennial, married to millennial Nick Jonas, 28. The elder tier of millennials, those born between 19, fall into the micro-generation category of geriatric millennials, a turn-of-phrase that has left people reeling on Twitter. When it comes to exact numbers, it's a little less specific, but it is generally agreed those born between 1980 and 1996, aged 24 to 41, fall into the millennial generational bracket, with the oldest in the demographic coming of age around the millennium celebrations in 2000. According to the most straightforward definition, millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the age group that follows Generation X and precedes Generation Z.
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