We use the term, much as it is described above, but we apply it to a much wider range of people.
A gloom cookie has
everything it takes, except the
ambition.
A
gloom cookie knows what it wants but is
afraid to stretch for it.
In short,
gloom cookies are the
punk ass kids who you become
friends with because you see how incredible they are, but no matter how much you
believe in them, or how hard you try to convince them, they are too
comfortable being the gothy/punky/depressed being they are to ever
try to
be anything else.
In
addition to being found at malls, they can also be found at
poetry readings,
coffee shops, and 24-hour eating establishments.