Publication title: The Globe and Mail
Publication date: Feb 1, 1993
Copyright: All material copyright Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. or its licensors. All rights reserved.
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Busterspeak
Lingo to let you in on the new generation:
- Jones. A verb meaning to slight, as in "You jonesed that girl at the bar" , or to want something badly, as in "I'm jonesin' for new speakers."
- McJobs. A word for mundane and marginally challenging work that provides a pay cheque and little else. From Douglas Copeland's novel Generation X.
- Grunge. A fashion that celebrates the ill-kempt, lumberjack look.
- Killer. An adjective meaning great, as in "That's a killer mountain bike."
- Slacker. From a movie and a book of the same name; a drifting buster who works in a dead-end job.
- Skanky. An adjective meaning unwashed, rank, undesirable.
- Crunchy. To be ecologically correct.
- Rave. Frenetic mob dance held in a warehouse, parking lot or under a bridge.
Source: Business Week
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