ZEITGEIST

n. 'spirit of the age'; philosophy or outlook of a particular period.

Let's break it down for all you ignorant pondscum out there: "Zeit," German for "time" or "age" and "Geist," German for "spirit" (also found in the word "poltergeist" meaning "scary f*cking movie about spirits"). Here are a few examples of various Zeitgeister (plural of Zeitgeist) throughout history:

The Zeitgeist of the 1980's: Madonna snorting coke off of Keith Hernandez' wang.
The Zeitgeist of the 1990's: Kelly Kapowski snorting coke off of A.C. Slater's wang.
The Zeitgeist of the 1770's: Benjamin Franklin snorting snuff in moderation off of Thomas Jefferson's wang.
The Zeitgeist of the 2000's: you would think this would have something to do with some "celebrity" snorting (crystal m3th, yay0, cat litter, calamari) off of some other "celebrity's" wang...but no! The Zeitgeist of our age is expressed best in the settlment of differences through dance-offs. As you see here, three Korean bboys ironically and figuratively avenge their ancestors on the dance floor by "murdering," "pillaging" and making three Japanese bgirls their "comfort women" to the international language of the music of poor American ghetto people:

What a sad time it is to be alive, children.