Though the term "Beat" is most accurately applied to Ginsberg and his closest friends (Corso, Orlovsky, Kerouac, Burroughs, etc.), the term "Beat Generation" has become associated with many of the other poets Ginsberg met and became friends with in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Choć termin „Beat Generation” odnosi się do Ginsberga i jego najbliższych przyjaciół (Corso, Orlovsky, Kerouac, Burroughs itd.) to termin ten był połączony z wieloma innymi poetami, których Ginsberg poznał w swoim życiu pod koniec lat 50. i na początku lat 60.