The millennial pause is a pause in speaking at the start of some videos, especially in short-form content and on social media apps such as TikTok. The pause is generally ascribed to millennials, the generation of people born from 1981 to 1996. The phenomenon is an example of the digital generation gap between millennials and subsequent generations.
The term ‘millennial pause’ is attributed to TikTok user nisipisa, a millennial who posted a TikTok video in 2021, pointing out that Taylor Swift, a millennial singer, includes such pauses at the start of her videos.
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