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 01, 2009

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 01, 2009