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