The term GEN WANNABE is a combination of two words, GEN and WANNABE. GEN is an abbreviation for Generation, which is a group of people born around the same time who share similar characteristics and experiences. WANNABE is a slang term used to describe someone who aspires to be like someone else or to have something that they do not currently possess. The crossword solutions for this term are COL, which stands for 'copy of the original'. This means that someone who is a GEN WANNABE is trying to copy the characteristics and experiences of a certain generation in order to fit in or gain acceptance.