gennx's definitions

successophobia

"The fear that if one is successful, then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one will no longer have one's childish needs catered to."
Coupland, Douglas. Generation X:Tales for an Aceelerated Culture. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.

Doug's successophobia kept him from reaching for a promotion.

by gennx December 1, 2009

Brazilification

"The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes"

Coupland, Douglas. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. New York: St. Martins's Press, 1991.

Since the stock market crash, the emergence of tent-cities were concrete signs of brazilification.

by gennx December 1, 2009