Mall fever. (International).Russian capitalism has spawned a new leisure class in Moscow: mall rats mall rat n. Slang A person, especially a teenager or young adult, who frequently passes time wandering through shopping malls. . They arrive on free shuttle buses, play video games See video game console. for hours, and hang out in the food court. Young Russians have virtually no memory of the shopping agony agony, n severe pain or extreme suffering. agony 1. death struggle. 2. extreme suffering. their parents faced--the drab stores, the lines, the empty shelves under Communism communism, fundamentally, a system of social organization in which property (especially real property and the means of production) is held in common. Thus, the ejido system of the indigenous people of Mexico and the property-and-work system of the Inca were both . Malls didn't come to Moscow until six years ago; now there are 21. For teens who feast on American culture, mall-roving in the capital is becoming the norm. "It's a place we go when we're bored," says one gift, over fries and a burger. |
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