A multi generational home is a household that consists of multiple adult generations living under the same roof (e.g. adult parents living with their adult children or grandparents living with grandchildren).

A social startup is an approach by start-up entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund, and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. It combines commerce and social issues to improve the lives of people connected to the cause. For these startups, they don’t measure their success in terms of profit alone, success for social entrepreneurs also considers factors including sustainability, social missions, and social return on investment, etc.

In the process of urbanization, states will seek rapid introduction of new infrastructure, housing, transportation and industries to underdeveloped regions, often through massive construction projects. Urbanization can drastically change the living environments of the local people.

A codified social contract refers to a normalized agreement governing the behavior of individuals and the government.

You are a 25 year old football player playing as a regular for a mid-tier team in the English Premier League. Your team has recently gained increasing success, but still falls short of being a top team in the league. You are seen to be one of the key players of the team and due to your recent success, have gained traction from a top-tier, big club team who has now offered to sign you.

Code-switching is the practice of changing your mannerisms, tone of voice, appearance, or switching between two dialects of one language (e.g. Australian English and Australian Aboriginal English) depending on the social context you are in.

Sampo Generation is a neologism referring to a generation that gives up courtship, marriage, and having kids. For example, many of the young generations in South Korea have given up those three things because of social pressures and economic problems such as increasing cost of living, tuition payments, and affordable housing scarcity.

On December 27th, 2022, the Taiwanese President, Tsai Ying Wen, and the government made a policy to extend the length of conscription in response to the rising tension between China and Taiwan. Starting from January 1st of 2024, the mandatory military services will be extended from the original 4 months to 1 year. However, the compensation for soldiers will be raised to 4 times compared to the original payment. The purpose of this policy is to solve the shortage of manpower in the military, at the same time enhance the defense system against China’s invasion.

During the US-African Union (AU) Summit held on December 14 2022, President Biden declared that the United States would go "all in" on Africa's future. Some of the tangible outcomes from this summit are the signing of MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) between the US and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, the promise of $55 billion worth of investment to Africa, and the planning of AU entering G20 Summits.

The Politeness Pill, when taken, temporarily permits only socially acceptable behavior, such as obedience, attendance at school, good manners, following the law, refraining from drugs and alcohol, etc.

Bail out occurs when outside investors, such as a government, rescue a borrower by injecting money to help make debt payments. Bail in occurs when the borrower's creditors are forced to bear some of the burden by having a portion of their debt written off.

Micro-financing is the business-like provision of financial services to the poor, offering loans or deposits far smaller than traditional banks. Micro-Financiers can beNGOs, private companies, or state-controlled financial institutions.

Variable minimum wage laws apply different minimum wages for different groups (such as young or unskilled workers.) or for different industries.

The narrative of ''What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'' refers to the idea that by going through difficult experiences, people can build up their strength for the next, possibly more painful event that may occur.

The notion of the "Defining Decade" is one that proposes that your 20s are a crucial time period in one's life that defines the remainder of your life.

Gamification in the workplace is the use of game techniques in a non-game context. Companies create internal competitions to engage employees and incorporate scores, levels, and prizes, as extra motivation.

In the “Rent a Girlfriend” industry, men are able to hire willing women to act as their girlfriends in return for an agreed upon amount of money. Depending on the agreement, the “girlfriend” may offer services to meet the client’s family and pretend to be in a serious relationship or to offer additional “physical services” to the client.