Vocabulary

Significant vocabulary as noted from the interviews

  • Boss
    “One who makes decisions or exercises authority.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=boss)
  • Sandwich Generation
    a group caught between caring for parents and caring for children.
  • Baby Boomer
    a group of people born roughly between 1946 and 1964
  • Builder
    a group of people born up to 1945
  • Freedom
    the state of being able to make one’s own decisions without answering to “the man.” (see “the man.”) The state of being free from prior obligations.
  • Attitude
    the state of mind by which life is approached
  • “The man” or “The Company”
    the authoritative employer to which a worker is accountable.
  • Second/Third Career
    The common second or third job of the boomer.
  • Second Life
    The developing ideal of active retirement for the boomer; a boomers’ productive retirement years.
  • “lie down and rot”
    a state of waiting for life to be over.
  • Working class
    those working because they have to
  • Obligation
    being restricted to task
  • Credibility
    believability or trustworthiness
  • Second/third career
    a work option to retirement
  • Leisure living
    Del Webb's concept used to sell homes; "Cease being productive... and play!"
  • Second Life
    a boomers’ productive retirement years