101-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
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
Related:
- Safety net-ism:
The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional
safety net to buffer life's hurts.
Usually parents. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X... - Power Mist:
The tendency of hierarchies in office environments to be
diffuse and preclude crisp articulation.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X... - Option Paralysis:
The tendency, when given unlimited choices, to make none.
[Often experienced when asked what kind of salad dressing one wants.... - Knee-Jerk Irony:
The tendency to make flippant ironic comments as a reflexive
matter of course in everyday conversation.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X... - Divorce Assumption:
A form of Safety Net-ism, the belief that if a marriage
doesn't work out, then there is no problem because partners can simply
seek a divorce.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X... - Cult of Aloneness:
The need for autonomy at all costs, usually at the expense of
long'term relationships.
Often brought about by overly high expectations of others. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X... - Metaphasia: An inability to perceive metaphor. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
- Paper Rabies: Hypersensitivity to littering. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
- Spectacularism: A fascination with extreme situations. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
