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386 generation

386 generation
 n.— «Mr. Lee said in a speech to the Korean Businesswomen’s Federation that an insufficient understanding of economics by Koreans in their late 30s and early 40s—the “386 generation”—was limiting the nation’s economic growth.» —“Rifts between Lee Jun-jai, 386ers appear” by Hong Byeog-gee Joins.com (S. Korea) July 23, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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