The abandonment of all rational thought predicated on the notion that your hometown is entirely capable of defying the odds in unbelievable ways.
Even though the Cleveland Indians held a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series, and the odds of the Boston Red Sox coming back to win three in a row were slim, Jason remained clevelandstitious about the whole situation and refused to utter the words "World Series" until Cleveland won their 4th game.
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Any type of technology work that has the illusion of being rewarding and interesting, but is actually mundane, mindless, and tedious -- the service sector job of the future.
Todd thought he was hot-shit when he landed that job at job at Apple, but they've got his ass stuck in a cubicle flippin' digital burgers all day.
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Referring to the alienation of unsatisfying, barely-consequential work life spent poring over minutiae in a cubicle.
Kim finally left her job at Progressive Insurance when she realized she had just spent the last 10 years of her life toiling away in jobscurity.
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