Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Metaphasia:
An inability to perceive metaphor.
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Strangelove Reproduction:
Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer
believes in the future
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Recurving:
Leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one
back on the learning curve
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - 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... - Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Mid-twenties Breakdown:
A period of mental collapse occurring in one's twenties
often caused by inability to function outside of school... - McJob:
A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit
no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered... - Dorian Graying:
The unwillingness to gracefully allow one's body to show signs
of aging
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Virgin Runway:
A travel destination chosen in the hopes that no one else has
chosen it
Douglas Coupland, Generation...
