Pop Culture Glossary

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Across
  1. 1. A story that has no plot or meaning. It is only humorous or romantic nonsense
  2. 5. A bank of beliefs, ideas, characters and stories that must be known to gain acceptance in a particular society
  3. 8. When something that was a huge fad or extremely popular, is no longer that anymore. It’s Old. Over.
  4. 10. Art which deals with beautiful and dignified subjects and is characterized by a poshy style, avoiding humour and bright colours.
  5. 11. An art movement, lifestyle, or literature and film genre that is pleasingly distasteful. It's melodramatic, overdone, gaudy and tacky or sentimental and folksy. It's so bad that it's cool.
Down
  1. 2. A derogatory term for Popular Culture. It refers to everything in society that has mass appeal
  2. 3. Something really cool and popular right now.
  3. 4. An expression or idea which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, rendering it a stereotype
  4. 6. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint
  5. 7. Fleeting / Is over quickly / Doesn’t last forever.
  6. 9. Of very poor quality, especially as a result of being made with insufficient funds or too quickly.