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<SPAN align=left style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #FFFFFF;"> <font size="2"><b> American Dream- </b>t</font>he belief instilled in us as children that in order to lead a full and happy life, one must get married, purchase a house and have babies, all the while marching to the corporate drum. (see Corporate Charlie) <P> <b><font size="2">Binger- </font></b>bong hit (see 420) <P> <b><font size="2"> Boba-fetting- </font></b> freelance work. The hired gun of the advertising world; where designers found themselves after the recession hit and the advertising world froze. <P> <b><font size="2"> Buzz Words-</font></b> dynamic words used by upper management to sound more educated and in tune with the business world than they really are. (pro-active, pow-wow and touch base are among the most commonly used of the buzz-words.) <P> <b><font size="2">Chick-Flick- </font></b>movies watched by men only in the hopes of getting lucky. <P> <b><font size="2"> Cola Wars Atomic Bomb- </font></b>the recession. <P> <b><font size="2"> Consumer Guerillaism- </font></b>to actively punish consumers for perpetuating the evils of Corporate America. <P> <b><font size="2"> Consumer Pipe Bomb- </font></b>merchandise tampered with in an act of Consumer Guerillaism. <P> <b><font size="2"> Corporate Casual- </font></b>the non-descript uniform of the corporate soldier, consisting of khaki trousers and button up shirt, tucked in. <P> <b><font size="2"> Corporate Casualties- </font></b>victims of the recession by way of lay-off. <P> <b><font size="2"> Corporate Charlie- </font></b>the Man, Corporate America; the evil entity that controls us all. <P> <b><font size="2"> Corporate Soldier- </font></b>entry level to middle management drones serving Corporate Charlie. <P> <b><font size="2"> Cowboy Killers- </font></b>Marlboro Reds. <P> <b><font size="2"> Cubicle Farms- </font></b>clusters of fabric lined walls interlocking to form pseudo office space for Corporate Soldiers. <P> <b><font size="2">D.L.- </font></b>down low; slang for keeping things quiet <P> <b><font size="2">D.Y.Kís- </font></b>lipstick lesbians with a much sexier edge. <P> <b><font size="2"> Dear John- </font></b>the corporate equivalent of ìwe can still be friendsî sent out to applicants when there simply arenít any jobs to be found. <P> <b><font size="2"> Disposable Clothing- </font></b>thrift store clothing worn once or twice then discarded in order to avoid doing laundry. <P> <b><font size="2"> Ellens-</font></b> the more masculine lesbian; they commonly have short haircuts, and play golfÖcompetitively. <P> <b><font size="2">Femullet- </font></b>the female mullet (see mullet) <P> <b><font size="2">404ís- </font></b>companies that disappear without a trace. One day theyíre website is up and running the next day, the purgatory it sends you to is a blank page with the words, http://404óerror. <P> <b><font size="2"> 4:20-</font></b> the magic hour-- the secret handshake of potheads everywhere. <P> <b><font size="2">Girlboro- </font></b>Marlboro Lights <P> <b><font size="2"> Kind Nug- </font></b>exceptionally good marijuana. <P> <b><font size="2">LNFís- </font></b>Little Known Facts. <P> <b><font size="2">Mullet- </font></b>hairstyle found most commonly at county fairs consisting of long hair in the back and short hair on top. Also known as mud flaps or ape-drapes. <P> <b><font size="2"> Non-Billable Purgatory- </font></b>where a Boba-Fetter finds him or herself when unable to continue with a project due to the clientís procrastination. <P> <b><font size="2"> Occupational Downgrade-</font></b> reverting back to the service industry due to recessions and hiring freezes. <P> <b><font size="2"> Office Nomads- </font></b>the practice of jumping ship following after hipper clients, better salaries, and cooler offices. It was common place to see a designer switch agencies because the new firm had a pool table, while the old company only had foose-ball. <P> <b><font size="2">PBR- </font></b>Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. <P> <b><font size="2"> Post-Nuclear generation- </font></b>children born after the cold war; Their bitterness is still pre-fabricated and sponsored by MTV and Pepsi. The post-nuclear kids still believe in happy endings and the American dream. They were never afraid of Russia. <P> <b><font size="2">Pseudo-Intellectuals- </font></b>a person attempting to look deep and intelligent for fashionís sake. The Pseudo-Intellectual can commonly be found in coffee shops wearing black and carrying around German philosophy books. <P> <b><font size="2">Retail-Hell- </font></b>where one finds themselves after an occupational downgrade. <P> <b><font size="2"> Rockstarring a drink- </font></b>slamming a beer as if you are a member of a mid-eighties hair band hell bent on excess. <P> <b><font size="2">Sellouts- </font></b>artists who trade their integrity in exchange for a well-paying job. <P> <b><font size="2"> Stoner Siestas- </font></b>see 420. <P> <b><font size="2"> Store-Bought Hippies-</font></b> college kids whose parents pay a lot of money to give them the dirty poor hippie look, although everything looks too new and prefabricated. They arenít like the Dead Heads of days gone by. They arenít there for the music as much as for top shelf drugs. Itís lifestyle for them, it was merely life for the Dead Heads. (see trust fund babies) <P> <b><font size="2"> Stripper Darwinism- </font></b>the normal sequence of events that takes place when you go to strip clubs. You canít just go to one club, and then call it a night. As you hop from club to club, you become a part of the regression of man, working your way towards the bottom of the food chain, as the strippers devolve from beautiful women smelling of exotic flowers to boob-jobs gone bad and the smell of cigarettes mixed with sweat. <P> <b><font size="2">Tagged- </font></b>graffiti. <P> <b><font size="2">Tee-wees- </font></b>itty-bity bingers. <P> <b><font size="2"> Trust Fund Babies-</font></b> Post-nukes who havenít yet had a taste of the real world, or the stress of earning a living. Money is still like monopoly to them. Their meals are provided, their shelter paid for. They tour with Phish and String Cheese Incident, and various other ìjamî bands saving their ticket stubs and bootlegs as status symbols. (see store bought hippies) <P> <b><font size="2"> Wake and Bake- </font></b>the art of waking up with a bong hit. (see 420, bingers, and kind nug) <P> <b><font size="2"> Walking ATMís- </font></b>college kids. (see trust fund babies)<br> </SPAN>
