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gen (someone) up on (something)

To inform or educate someone about something; to give someone the required information about something. Primarily heard in UK. The manager genned us up this morning on the status of the company.
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gen up on (something)

To inform or educate oneself about something; to study up on something. Primarily heard in UK. I'm going to have to gen up on my computer skills before starting this new job.
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Gen X

An abbreviation of "Generation X," a nickname for the generation of people born roughly between 1965 and 1980, between baby boomers and millennials. The name comes from the title of Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. I know it's hard for you to fathom growing up without the Internet, but that's what we members of Gen X did.
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Gen Xer

A nickname for a member of Generation X, the generation of people born roughly between 1965 and 1980, between baby boomers and millennials. The name comes from the title of Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Commonly abbreviated as "Gen Xer." I know it's hard for you to believe, but Gen Xers like me grew up without the Internet.
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Generation X

A nickname for the generation of people born roughly between 1965 and 1980, between baby boomers and millennials. The name comes from the title of Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. I know it's hard for you to fathom, but all of us in Generation X had to grow up without the Internet.
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Generation X

 and Generation X'er
people reaching puberty during the 1970s and 1980s. Three or four generation X'ers were in the antique store looking eagerly at some of those horrible old dinette chairs from the 1950s.
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In a meeting with US Senator Lindsay Graham and retired US Gen Jack Keane, the army chief said that healthy relations between both countries were important for regional stability.
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Generation Z's homeownership fervor closely resembles that of millennials and Generation X, as 79 percent are certain they want to (or already do) own a home, compared to 82 percent for both Gen Y and Gen X.
Zealous Gen Z: Saving early to be homeowners by age 25
Pakistani army's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on October 10 announced Lt Gen Munir as the successor of incumbent ISI Chief Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar.
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Peshawar Corps, Lt Gen Abdul Aziz, Military Secretary General Headquarters (GHQ), Lt Gen Muhammad Adnan, Vice Chief of General Staff VCGS (B) and Lt Gen Waseem Ashraf Inspector General (IG) Arms.
Pak Army announces appointments of Lt. Generals
Unlike previous classifications, Gen C is not necessarily defined by a birth year or a decade.
Generation C: More than just a demographic
First Gen has been working on a similar plan for the past several years, albeit at half the price of $1 billion but with the same storage capacity.
First Gen to proceed with crucial LNG hub sans PNOC help
Gen. Salah Abdel Gawwad, assistant minister for the training sector, - Maj.
Interior minister approves major police reshuffle
Summary: The report analysed shopping perceptions from thousands of members of Generation Z (Gen Z) and found that this powerful group of shoppers share a love of real-world retail experience, augmented by technology.
Gen Z prefer "real-world retail" over online shopping
The two Glock Gen 5 pistols are basically the commercial versions of the 17M and 19M models made for and adopted by the FBI.
ROCKIN' THE NEW GLOCK: THE GENERATION 5s ARE OUT, WITH FEATURES SURE TO PLEASE FANS OF THS PISTOL
DAWN.COM Islamabad THREE army officers, including former director general (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, are to be reshuffled, according to a handout released by the army's media wing on Thursday.
Military officers to be reshuffled
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