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Definition of me decade in English:

me decade

noun

US

  • The 1970s, regarded as a period characterized by an obsessive preoccupation with personal fulfilment and self-gratification; (later also) the 1980s, regarded as a period characterized by selfishness and materialism.

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in Tom Wolfe (b. 1931), journalist and novelist.