cynicism

HOMETOWN The community that nurtures us in our formative years, so that we might attend a good school, succeed handsomely and spend the rest of our lives somewhere else.
ACADEMIA A chronic disease characterized by a compulsion to write lengthy specialized treatises in unintelligible vocabularies, for the purpose of rising in the esteem of those similarly afflicted.
STREET SMARTS The key to success in most human endeavors; something we neglected to learn in school because we were too busy studying French and trigonometry.
JOB A state of employment everyone wants but few look forward to on a Monday morning.
SALARY A market value assigned to professionals as a function of their scarcity, their usefulness to employers and their ability to feign enthusiasm for their work.
BOSS A personal dictator appointed to those of us fortunate enough to live in free societies.
MANAGEMENT A class of semi-skilled corporate hirelings whose rise within the organization correlates directly with the amount of work they delegate to their more talented underlings.
FASHION Today's rage, tomorrow's chuckle.
CHIC Considered smart without the deadening implication of intelligence.
QUALITY OF LIFE What an industrialized nation is said to offer when enough of its citizens are suffering from terminal stress.
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."