2021 Google searches revealed our interest in alternative assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs, and persistent economic insecurity, evidenced by questions about stimulus checks and student loan forgiveness. It also showed the cultural rift between millennials and Gen Z cropped up in queries about hair parts and jeans, as did other social media trend, like how to make TikTok pasta or Squid Game cookies. When Covid-19 vaccines became widely available, Americans tried figure out how to be a normal person again, like what kind of pants to wear and if you could wear sweatpants.

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Categories such as "baby boomers" and "Millennials" do nothing to capture social change.

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One example of the pitfalls of Pew’s “generations,” using environmental attitudes.

Jokingly saying "live, laugh, love" is now out. Saying "gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss" is in. Where did it come from and what does it mean?

Millennials are terrified of the return of low-rise jeans and Y2K fashion. But what if they looked different this time around?

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