wait. 1. to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often fol. by for or until): to wait for the bus. 2. (of things) to be available or in readiness: A letter is waiting for you. 3. to remain neglected for a time: a matter that can wait.
Generation X or Gen-X is the name given to the generation of Americans born between 1961 and 1980. Generation X follows the Baby Boom generation and precedes Generation Y (Gen-Y) or the Millennial generation. Next Up.
EXILE IN NICHEVILLE. Sandwiched between 80 million baby boomers and 78 million millennials, Generation X  roughly defined as anyone born between 1965 and 1980  has just 46 million members, making it a dark-horse demographic condemned by numbers alone to nicheville, as Gordinier puts it in the book.