Unconscious Absorption of Cultural Detritus

I'm not sure what the title means. I think I was pretentiously pondering various phrases that have entered the vernacular, such as Catch-22 or big brother (A TV show fer crying out loud!), with most of the deeper, counter cultural meaning of the concepts undigested. Or it could refer to stupid pop culture references such as "I'll be back" or "just another snake cult."

What it really describes is the characteristic skill of people who win at Jeopardy!