.5 generation
n.— «Sociologists call Mr. Singh and his cohort the “.5 generation,” distinct from the “1.5 generation”—younger transplants who became bicultural through school and work. Immigrant elders leave a familiar home, some without electricity or running water, for a multigenerational home in communities like Fremont that demographers call ethnoburbs.» —“Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ’Nobody to Talk To'” by Patricia Leigh Brown New York Times Aug. 31, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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