Obscurism:
The practice of peppering daily life with obscure references
(forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries,
etc.) as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and
one's wish to disassociate from the world of mass culture.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
The practice of peppering daily life with obscure references
(forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries,
etc.) as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and
one's wish to disassociate from the world of mass culture.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Occupational Slumming:
Taking a job well beneath one's skill or education level as a
means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible
failure in one's true occupation.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Successophobia:
The fear that if one is successful,
then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one... - Personal Tabu:
A small rule for living, bordering on a superstition,
that allows one to cope with everyday life in the absence... - As the expression goes, we spend our youth attaining wealth,
and our wealth attaining youth. -- Douglas Coupland... - Tele-parablizing:
Morals used in everyday life that derive from TV sitcom plots:
"That's just like the episode where Jan lost her glasses... - Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Strangelove Reproduction:
Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer
believes in the future.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Dorian Graying:
The unwillingness to gracefully allow one's body to show signs
of aging.
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
From the same category:
- PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20)
You have a vivid imagination and often think you are being followed by
the CIA or FBI.
You have minor influence over your associates and ... - Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Sermon... - God may have a last name but I'm sure it's not
"Damn It"... - Any fool can paint a picture,
but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it... - Money can't buy happiness,
but it can certainly rent it for a couple of hours...
