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So if you said you were a 90's child, wouldn't that be okay? (As you are a child of/possessed by the 90s) A nineties' child, if you will?

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  • As bitjunkie said, if you were referring to 90s in the possessive, it would be 90s' since it's a plural noun already - much like parents' mortgages or stores' buildings.

    That said, I would probably look at the phrase "90s child" as either (1) a compound noun not needing anything to be possessive (like "ice cream"), or (2) with "90s" as an adjective modifying "child" (like "latchkey kid").

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