Phrase guide

millennial pause

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /mɪˈlɛniəl ˌpɔːz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A brief pause by someone between starting a video recording of themselves and beginning to speak, said to be characteristic of millennials (people born around the 1980s and 1990s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, neologism

Qualifier: social media

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of millennial pause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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