Trend Gen is another name for the Millennial Generation, pointing to their malleability as a consumerist demographic obsessed with trends as status markers and elevators, which has become not only an EZ target for all supply-side industries but, thanks to the Internet and social media in particular, a free advertising machine as well.
Klub Vino (a ficticious entity) is an online wine store that targets the Trend Gen by making all its choices for them, by requiring only that a consumer "likes" the flavor components of any certain wine without requiring any knowledge of the wine - or wine in general - itself.
Veni Vidi Clicki is the tech era's "I came I saw I conquered," as attributed to Julius Caesar.
The anonymous poster signed off on all his quips with a "Veni Vidi Clicki."
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Suffrajet Black, a play on the terms Jet Black and Suffragette, relates to the 21st century Hollywood Feminist-lead wearing of black garments to indicate solidarity with the #MeToo movement.
The 2017 red carpet scene was notable for its stars , who dressed all in Suffrajet Black to signify their solidarity with the #metoo movement.
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The process by which any individual's accomplishments and/or creative output is deemed valid based on the virtue - or perceived virtue - of said individual. Inversely, to make eligible for censorial callout and shutdown any work or creative output of any individual deemed unvirtuous.
The painting was removed from the exhibit after the artist, who had indeed endured a troubled past, failed to survive the virtue vetting of a group of highly motivated and vocal museum supporters, who claimed to be offended by the work's inclusion in the show.
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Social Media is the Poor Man's Citizen United
Trump's election proves that the masses, thanks to social media and its quick click cumulative effect, have their very own, poor man's Citizen's United.
The duplicitous posting of images and information intended not to honestly share but to troll for negative commenters in order to attack them.
She deliberately went shame phishing online by posting less than flattering pics of herself and waiting until the inevitable negative comments trickled in, and then boy did she really launch into attacking them back!
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In the naming tradition of GenCon, ConCon is the Republican - or Conservative - Convention.
The delegates at ConCon cheered for the most conservative Republican candidate.
