middlescence

middlescence
n.
The turbulent, rebellious middle age of the baby boom generation.
Example Citation:
"Most baby boomers don't feel fully 'grown up' until they are into their 40s. When our parents turned 50, we thought they were old! But today, women and men I've interviewed routinely feel they are five to 10 years younger than the age on their birth certificates. Fifty is what 40 used to be; 60 is what 50 used to be. Middle age has already been pushed far into the 50s — in fact, if you listen to boomers, there is no more middle age. So what's next?
Welcome to Middlescence. It's adolescence the second time around."
— Gail Sheehy, "New passages," U.S. News & World Report, June 9, 1995
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