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Oregon Trail was a big hit when they were kids.
- Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996.
- Xennials are a "microgeneration" of people who were born between 1977 and 1985.
- There are meaningful differences between their lives. For example, Xennials were already in the workforce when the recession hit, while many millennials were just graduating college.
If you were born between the years 1977 and 1985, you're officially a member of the "micro-generation" known as Xennials.
The term was coined by Sarah Stankorb in a 2014 Good magazine article, to describe a group that straddles Generation X - born between 1965 and 1980 - and millennials - born between 1981 and 1996, according to the Pew Research Center.
Xennials, according to Stankorb and the many similar stories that followed, grew up watching "My So-Called Life" and popping cassettes into the stereo, but transitioned pretty seamlessly to using smartphones and social media.
Some people call them the "Oregon Trail generation," after the once-popular computer game, or "Generation Catalano," after Jared Leto's character in "My So-Called Life."
Below, we've outlined some of the biggest differences between Xennials and their slightly younger siblings, millennials.