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| #4821 | | Yuppie Wannabes:
An X generation subgroup that believes the myth of a yuppie
life-style being both satisfying and viable. Tend to be highly in
debt, involved in some form of substance abuse, and show a willingness
to talk about Armageddon after three drinks.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4822 | | Ultra Short Term Nostalgia:
Homesickness for the extremely recent past: "God, things seemed
so much better in the world last week."
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4823 | | Rebellion Postponement:
The tendency in one's youth to avoid traditionally youthful
activities and artistic experiences in order to obtain serious career
experience. Sometimes results in the mourning for lost youth at about
age thirty, followed by silly haircuts and expensive joke-inducing
wardrobes.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4824 | | Conspicuous Minimalism:
A life-style tactic similar to Status Substitution. The
nonownership of material goods flaunted as a token of moral and
intellectual superiority.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4825 | | Caf'e Minimalism:
To espouse a philosophy of minimalism without actually putting
into practice any of its tenets.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4826 | | O'Propriation:
The inclusion of advertising, packaging, and entertainment
jargon from earlier eras in everyday speech for ironic and/or comic
effect: "Kathleen's Favorite Dead Celebrity party was tons o'fun" or
"Dave really thinks of himself as a zany, nutty, wacky, and madcap
guy, doesn't he?"
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4827 | | Air Family:
Describes the false sense of community experienced among coworkers
in an office environment.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4828 | | Squirming:
Discomfort inflicted on young people by old people who see no
irony in their gestures. "Karen died a thousand deaths as her father
made a big show of tasting a recently manufactured bottle of wine
before allowing it to be poured as the family sat in Steak Hut.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4829 | | Recreational Slumming:
The practice of participating in recreational activities
of a class one perceives as lower than one's own: "Karen! Donald!
Let's go bowling tonight! And don't worry about shoes ... apparently
you can rent them."
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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| #4830 | | Conversational Slumming:
The self-conscious enjoyment of a given conversation
precisely for its lack of intellectual rigor. A major spin-off
activity of Recreational Slumming.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
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