offers comment on the language use of adults and proves, through examination of Titus's parents, that the adults possess an immature world view. Throughout the novel, Anderson emphasizes his created slang and adolescent vocabulary specific to the society in Feed. This extreme emphasis on the nature of the teens' language use corresponds with the theme of the dangers of overpowering consumerism. Even the word choice that characterizes the slang used in the novel carries undertones of advertisements, purchases, and corporation power. banquet: when preceded by a noun referring to an idea or feeling, used particularly to express an abundance of that idea or feeling. For example: a shame banquet, dump banquet, or guilt banquet. big: (as an adverb) "very" or "very much"; (as an adjective) "fun." bonesprocket: a killjoy. boyf and girlf: literally, "boyfriend" and "girlfriend." brag: awesome, amazing, or "cool." chat: see m-chatting (a sub-bullet under feed). Clouds™: clouds (apparently now owned or produced entirely by corporations). conceptionarium: a place where children are designed and developed (outside of women's bodies) from embryos into babies. da da da: analogous to "blah blah blah." feed: a device implanted in the brains of most individuals (at least in the United States)—which is fused with their biological functions—instantly giving them the ability to mentally access and share vast knowledge bases and personal psychological experiences with others who also have feeds banner: any audio-visual advertisement experienced in the mind of a person with a feed. They may even appear during sleep while the individual is dreaming. feednet: the system of interconnected networks accessed by a person's feed. m-chatting or, simply, chatting: a feature of the feed that allows users to send other users complex linguistic thoughts and feelings in one's mind alone; thus, a form of completely non-behavioral and nonverbal communication. (Throughout the book, m-chatting is represented using italics, as opposed to verbal dialogue which uses quotation marks.) malfunction: a state in which one's feed is temporarily destabilized, causing disorienting feelings and a euphoric high (similar to being intoxicated). For a psychological thrill or recreational reasons, many people with a feed voluntarily go to sites that induce malfunction. To malfunction is also known throughout the novel by many other slang terms, usually to be/go in mal, but also the following: to be raked, to be jazzed, to fugue, going fugue, getting scrambled, and doing the quivers freestyle: used as a noun or adverb to