Ethnomagnetism:
The tendency of young people to live in emotionally
demonstrative, more unrestrained ethnic neighborhoods: "You wouldn't
understand it there, mother - they *hug* where I live now."
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
The tendency of young people to live in emotionally
demonstrative, more unrestrained ethnic neighborhoods: "You wouldn't
understand it there, mother - they *hug* where I live now."
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Ozmosis:
The inability of one's job to live up to one's self-image
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Power Mist:
The tendency of hierarchies in office environments to be
diffuse and preclude crisp articulation
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Japanese Minimalism:
The most frequently offered interior design aesthetic used by
rootless career-hopping young people
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - You might not count in the New Order.
-- Douglas Coupland
Generation... - Black Dens:
Where Black Holes live; often unheated warehouses with Day'Glo
spray painting
mutilated mannequins, Elvis references, dozens of overflowing... - Homeowner Envy:
Feelings of jealousy generated in the young and the
disenfranchised when facing gruesome housing statistics
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Historical Underdosing:
To live in a period of time when nothing seems to happen
Major symptomes include addiction to newspapers, magazines... - Historical Overdosing:
To live in a period of time when too much seems to happen
Major symptomes include addiction to newspapers, magazines... - 101-ism:
The tendency to pick apart, often in minute detail
all aspects of life using half-understood pop psychology...
