I could just picture him in his American Apparel hoodie, sipping a latte from his favorite locally owned coffee shop — you probably wouldn't have heard of it — a 20-something trend-surfer, eternally hip and cooler than grad school, at least until it's time to haul the laundry home to mom's house.
Speaking as a guy who is part of the new 20-something trend of moving away from home and delaying domestic life to focus on career, online dating helps me sort through the sea of strangers.
Even while still in my early twenties, I've felt my comrades -- fellow Internet consumers -- dipping into the tail end of the "twenty-something trend," estranging themselves from publications like Thought Catalog and BuzzFeed that coined the term.
New York City will get something that trend-setting Californian cities like Modesto and Chico, have had for years.
Other industrialised countries, except Japan and Russia, show something similar.This trend is superimposed on another: that life expectancy in most developed countries has been improving for both sexes.
When John Travolta and Uma Thurman take to the dance floor in Pulp Fiction, the director could have plumped for something on trend by Snoop Dogg or Prince.
And yet, the fast-paced, minimal-rest, pant-provoking circuit of push-ups and jumping jacks and squat thrusts has a very up-to-date feel to it, something the trend-conscious 48-year-old has noticed.
By removing the personalization, Facebook also eliminates confusion about why something was Trending for one user and not another.
Throughout the show, it is quite common to hear announcers talking about whether something is trending worldwide.
We've seen time and time again this year that just because something is "trending" doesn't mean, oh, golly gee, people sure are talking about this.
