Term originating in response to pictures seen on the website facebook.com which very commonly contain college-age white kids of a very boring nature, all of whom are identically dressed (solid color
t-shrit featuring school name, jeans, ponytails on girls) and participating in identical activities (drinking from red
dixie cups, posing in front of landmarks while traveling).
The analogy between facebook suburbanites and
cotton balls is drawn because both are white, come in large numbers, are all nearly exact replicas of each other, are fairly featureless and lacking definition, but are usually soft and pleasant, though boring, to be around.
Randy: "So how was that party at the
dormitory last night? Did you meet any interesting individuals?"
Jeff: "Nope. We just drank pabst blue ribbon tall-boys, wore clothing from Hollister, quoted our favorite illegally downloaded movies, refused to agree on which "indy" band was the best, and then later we watched Family Guy dvds. It was a whole bunch of
cotton balls"
Randy: "
Trés lame"