The document discusses trends and events of the 1980s decade. It covers Ronald Reagan's presidency, the rise of materialism and wealth obsession, the growth of cable TV and video games, popular movies and TV shows, slang terms, and toys/cartoons of the era. Fashion focused on padded shoulder suits and big hair for women while men's styles included Members Only jackets.

2. Nostalgia a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.

3. President Ronald Reagan 1980-1988

16. Acronym Table for 1980s Fashion and Marketing Terms Couples Whose Children Are Grown Up And Away Empty Nesters Senior Citizens With Opinion Grey Panthers Young Women Who Act Like Loutish Lads Ladettes Between 5 And 12 Years Old Tweenie East Docklands London Yuppie Dockney Ethical Urban Quaker With Anti And Pro Views Drabbie Stripped Pine Laura Ashley People Splappie D.I.Y Decorators Who Drag Stipple and Marble Deccie Greying Leisured Affluent Middle Aged Glams Jet Setting Oldsters With Lots Of Loot Jollies Well Off Older People Woopie Burnt Out But Opulent Bobo Greenpeace Yuppies (The original meaning of the term) Guppies Single Woman Earning Lots Of Loot (Miss Yuppie) Swell Porsche Owning Urban Professional Poupie Middle Income No kids Minkie Single Income No kids Sinkies Double Income No Kids Dinkies Young Urban Mother Yummies Young Urban Professionals Yuppies

27. Sweats Members Only Jacket Raybans

29. Jane Fonda Workout Video Legwarmers

31. Nutrisystem Diet

35. The "ghetto blaster." The portable radio, with two speakers as a minimum, the heavier and the bigger, the better.

44. 5 O’clock shadow