Zeitgeist Zeit•geist (tsīt'gīst', zīt'-) n. The taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period or generation.
It was a Sunday morning sometime during the 1980s and I was savoring my coffee while indulging my peculiar taste for the Personals Ads when I found it. The Hope Diamond of personal ads! The ad that seared itself into my memory so that to this day I can remember it word for word.
This is what it said:
"Superficial shallow capitalist pig-dog seeks trophy girlfriend.
Must be young, thin, devastatingly beautiful.
Morally casual blondes preferred."
OK, ten out of ten for honesty, but really. I mean really, now.
However - it is a great name for a band so I guess there is that.
