millennial pause /mɪˈlɛniəl ˌpɔːz/ noun1 •(Internet) 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).Apparently, I'm still guilty of the "Millennial pause." After hitting "Record," I wait a split second before I start speaking, just to make sure that TikTok is actually recording. — 2022 formsMillennial pauses · millennial pauses