millenopause

English

Etymology

Blend of millennial +‎ menopause.

Noun

millenopause (uncountable)

1. (neologism) Menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s).
   • 2020 January 5, @slip_stitch, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 February 2024:

     some uterine fuckery lately (apparently a month now is 44 days long, who knew) made me think about some things, and I realized: ¶ when we all hit millenopause without ever having been culturally considered adults? things are gonna get weird.

   • 2022 January 10, Angela Rosoff, “Millenopause – it's a thing”, in The C Word Mag‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-01-10:

     The Millennial generation includes women born between 1981 and 2000 (depending upon which source you reference). That means the oldest Millennials are entering their 40s, well within the time frame when perimenopause can begin. It's time to reckon with "Millenopause."

   • 2024 January 28, Joseph Bernstein, “Why Millennials Are Declaring Themselves Obsolete”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-31:

     Millennials have grown up. We've hit middle age, started to show signs of aging — even of aging out of the internet and into something called "millenopause." We now have to work harder than ever to stay culturally relevant, as Gen Z and (gasp) Gen Alpha seize the attention of marketing departments and the media.

   • 2024 January 29, Charlie Gowans-Eglinton, “Help! I am about to reach my ’millenopause’”, in The Times‎^[4], London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 January 2023:

     What gives us away — our hemlines, our hairstyles, our slang? Whatever it is, there is nothing more embarrassing, apparently, than a millennial. Especially a geriatric millennial, at the upper end of the 28-43 age bracket, fast approaching middle age, our "millenopause".

   • 2024 February 1, Kat Rosenfield, “Millennials are rebranding the menopause”, in UnHerd‎^[5], archived from the original on 2024-02-01:

     To go through menopause is to confront the truth that our bodies are machines that run on their own, finite timeline: once you've stopped menstruating, it's just a matter of time before you also stop breathing. To go through millenopause, on the other hand, is to hold your mortality at a cute, narrative remove. Menopause is existential dread; millenopause is a viral hashtag and a video of you taking your HRT out of a pastel-coloured subscription box.