Dearest Prof,

Here are some definitions that I hope you will commit to memory:

Baby Boomers (or 'Boomers') - Those folks born between 1943 and 1960.

Gen-X (or 'Generation X') - The folks born between 1960 and 1980.

These are the terms which are so popular in the American press to describe two generations of their countrymen and women. No, I don't think you are old-fashioned at all. I think you have been quite adept at staying out of the way of obnoxious euphemisms -- well, until you started hanging out around this place ;-)

Happy holidays to you and yours, Áine