How the Grups killed off the generation gap . . .

(From Irish Independent)

He owns 11 pairs of sneakers, hasn't worn anything but jeans in a year, and won't shut up about the latest Humanzi album. But he's no kid. He is among the ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap.

Also known as yupster (yuppie + hipster) and yindie (yuppie + indie) - the new preferred term, Grup, is taken from an episode of Star Trek (keep reading) in which Captain Kirk et al land on a planet of children who rule the world, with no adults in sight. The kids call Kirk and the crew 'Grups', which is short for 'grown-ups'. It turns out that all the grown-ups had died from …