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Earth Tones: A Youthful Subgroup Interested In Vegetarianism, Tie-dyed Outfits, Mild Recreational Drugs, And Good Stereo Equipment.
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Earth Tones:
A youthful subgroup interested in vegetarianism, tie-dyed
outfits, mild recreational drugs, and good stereo equipment. Earnest,
frequently lacking in humor.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
Black Holes: An X Generation subgroup best known for their possession of almost entirely black wardrobes.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Conversational Slumming: The self-conscious enjoyment of a given conversation precisely for its lack of intellectual rigor.
A major spin-off of Recreational Slumming. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Yuppie Wannabes: An X Generation subgroup that believes the myth of a yuppie life-style being both satisfying and viable.
Tend to be highly in debt, involved in some form of substance abuse, and show a willingness to talk about Armageddon after three drinks....
Japanese Minimalism: The most frequently offered interior design aesthetic used by rootless career-hopping young people.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Mental Ground Zero: The location where one visualizes oneself during the dropping of the atomic bomb
frequently, a shopping mall. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Recreational Slumming: The practice of participating in recreational activities of a class one perceives as lower than one's ow
Karen! Donald! Let's go bowling tonight! And don't worry about shoes....
Squires: The most common X generation subgroup and the only subgroup given to breeding.
Squires exist almost exclusively in couples and are recognizable by their frantic attempts to recreate a semblance of Eisenhower-era plenitude in their daily lives in the face of exorbitant housing prices and two-job life-styles....
Metaphasia: An inability to perceive metaphor. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Paper Rabies: Hypersensitivity to littering. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X