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#4818Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less
money.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
#4819Musical Hairsplitting:
The act of classifying music and musicians into pathologically
picayune categories: "The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban
white acid fold revivalism crossed with ska."
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
#4820101-ism:
The tendency to pick apart, often in minute detail, all
aspects of life using half-understood pop psychology as a tool.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"
#4821Yuppie 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"
#4822Ultra 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"
#4823Rebellion 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"
#4824Conspicuous 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"
#4825Caf'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"
#4826O'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"
#4827Air 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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