Q.1
Pick the term that matches this definition: "A youthful subgroup interested in vegetarianism, tie-dyed outfits, mild recreational drugs, and good stereo equipment. Earnest, frequently lacking in humour."
Yuppie Wannabe's
Bleeding Ponytail
Earth Tones
Poverty Jet Set
Q.2
Pick the term that matches this definition: "A philosophy whereby one reconciles oneself with diminishing expectations of wealth: 'I’ve given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside café in Idaho.'"
Lessness
Status Substitution
Mental Ground Zero
Successophobia
Q.3
Pick the definition that matches this term: O'Propriation.
"In clothing: the indiscriminate combination of two or more items from various decades to create a personal mood: Sheila = Mary Quant earrings (1960s) + cork wedgie platform shoes (1970s) + black leather jacket (1950s and 1980s)"
"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?'"
"Overcompensating for fears about the future by plunging headlong into a job or life-style seemingly unrelated to one’s previous life interests: i.e., Amway sales, aerobics, the Republican party, a career in law, cults, McJobs…"
"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.'"
Q.4
Pick the term that matches this definition: "To tell oneself that the only time worth living is the past and that the only time that may ever be interesting again is the future."
Legislated Nostalgia
Ultra Short Term Nostalgia
Now Denial
Bradyism
Q.5
Pick the term that matches this definition: "Describes the false sense of community experienced among coworkers in an office environment."
Café Minimalism
Consensus Terrorism
Power Mist
Air Family
Q.6
Pick the definition that matches this term: McJob.
"A job taken with the sole intention of staying only for a limited period of time (often one year). The intention is usually to raise enough funds to partake in another, more personally meaningful activity such as watercolor sketching in Crete or designing computer knit sweaters in Hong Kong. Employers are rarely informed of intentions."
"The electronic era tendency to view party politics as corny – no longer relevant or meaningful or useful to modern societal issues, and in many cases dangerous."
"A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice by people who have never held one."
"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."
Q.7
Pick the term that matches this definition: "Hypersensitivty to littering."
Paper Rabies
Diseases for Kisses
Conspicuous Minimalism
Bambification
Q.8
Pick the term that matches this definition: "The almost obsessive need to live in a ‘cool’ architectural environment."
Architectural Indigestion
Japanese Minimalism
Armanism
Veal-Fattening Pen
Q.9
Pick the definition that matches this term: Poor Buoyancy.
"A group of people given to chronic traveling at the expense of long-term job stability or a permanent residence. Tend to have doomed and extremely expensive phone-call relationships with people named Serge or Ilyana. Tend to discuss frequent-flyer programs at parties."
"To live in a period of time when nothing seems to happen. Major symptoms include addiction to newspapers, magazines, and TV news broadcasts."
"The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle class."
"The realization that one was a better person when one had less money."
Q.10
Pick the term that matches this definition: "The need of one generation to see the generation following it as deficient so as to bolster its own collective ego: 'Kids today do nothing. They’re so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain.'"
Boomer Envy
Ozmosis
Clique Maintenance
Power Mist
Q.11
Pick the term that matches this definition: "The tendency to visualize oneself enjoying being the last remaining person on earth. 'I’d take a helicopter up and throw microwave ovens down on the Taco Bell.'"
Cult of Aloneness
Teleparablizing
Me-Ism
Survivulousness
Q.12
Pick the definition that matches this term: Bread and Circuits.
"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."
"The inability of one’s job to live up to one’s self-image."
"The tendency to pick apart, often in minute detail, all aspects of life using half-understood pop psychology as a tool."
"The electronic era tendency to view party politics as corny – no longer relevant or meaningful or useful to modern societal issues, and in many cases dangerous."