Big Headphones
Because vintage vinyl, clothes and photography weren't enough, people are now throwing back to the time when they wore cannons around their necks for headphones. It may have been justified to move on from the tin-sound of ear buds, but the modern hipsters found a way to outlaw functionality yet again: they don't even listen to them. Five inch saucers are straining the necks of kids everywhere just as a prop in the costume of someone who likes music. How foolish we were in the days of old, thinking that we actually had to like music to wear the clunky apparel!

Instagram
Do you remember all of those years you slaved over a job you hated for petty cash, worked your fingers to the bone to survive on pennies, and gave everything you had just to make ends meet? Well, someone just made a billion dollars for showing teenagers what sepia filter looks like. Instagram- the bare bones photo sharing service with “vintage” colour filters- has just won sudden popularity with social networkers and sold to Facebook for a billion dollars. Billion with a ‘B'. Its okay to cry if you need to.

Phablets
Recall that in the beginning, there was the standard phone, which was useful but stationary until it developed into the new and improved “mobile” phone. The idea with this “mobile” phone was that it could go anywhere, and it would get better with technology because it would become smaller and more portable. Why, then, do we have phablets? A “phablet” is a phone/tablet combination which makes for a mobile device that will hardly fit into the pockets of hammer pants. Sure, the screen is huge, but one has to wonder if the few extra inches are worth having to carry a brief case just for your phone.

Sarcasm
The greatest thing that has ever happened to comedy is back, and it's hard to think that there has ever been a more celebrated occasion. People have been waiting for what seems like ages for this wonderful, artful, delicate renaissance masterpiece to return, and one could certainly argue that the salivating period of its absence has only made its return more glorious. Words cannot describe the heavenly joy that has spread across the land, washing these once sullen shores into a calm and stately realm of peace. And if you haven't yet realized the irony here, there's probably no hope for you.

Slacktivism
The Internet generation has been advocating for years now, using social networks to deliver beautifully typed (if slightly misspelled) speeches about the finest points of love, morality and the human condition. They've realized, however, that they need to do more than just Tweet, so they've moved into the beta phase of their carefully orchestrated master plan: sharing pictures online. It's really becoming hard to tell whether kids are just too lazy to help with causes they believe in or whether they actually think that posting a photo helps starving children. Perhaps they're just a little put out that their high hopes for the Kony 2012 campaign are lying naked on the streets of San Diego.