A woman I know gave me the word biddable. I looked it up in a thesaurus. These are the words that came back. I think they define the new American dream.
accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, affable, agreeable, amenable, amiable, benign, biddable, bland, compliant, compassionate, considerate, content, controlled, cool, courteous, cultivated, cushy, decorous, deferential, demure, disciplined, diffident, docile, domesticated, dove-like, ductile, easy, easily influenced, easily led, easygoing, effortless, facile, fearful, flexible, forbearing, genial, gentle, giving, governable, hesitant, impressionable, influenceable, law-abiding, lenient, limber, lithe, longanimous, long-suffering, lowly, malleable, manageable, manipulable, meek, mellow, milquetoast, moderate, modest, moldable, nothing, obedient, obliging, obsequious, open, orderly, ordinary, pablum, pacific, passive, patient, peaceable, peaceful, persuadable, pliable, placid, plain, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, pliant, polite, putty, quiet, receptive, resigned, reserved, respectful, responsive, restrained, retiring, reverential, royal, schnook, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, serene, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, smooth, soft, softhearted, soft-spoken, , spineless, spiritless, spongy, standoffish, subdued, submissive, subservient, suggestible, supple, supplicatory, susceptible, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tame, taught, teachable, temperate, tender, tentative, timid, timorous, tolerant, tractable, tractile, tranquil, trained, transformable, unambitious, unassuming, undemanding, unexacting, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, unresisting, usable, willing, warmhearted, weak, weak-kneed, well-mannered, willing, wishy-washy, withdrawn, workable, yielding, zero
accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, affable, agreeable, amenable, amiable, benign, biddable, bland, compliant, compassionate, considerate, content, controlled, cool, courteous, cultivated, cushy, decorous, deferential, demure, disciplined, diffident, docile, domesticated, dove-like, ductile, easy, easily influenced, easily led, easygoing, effortless, facile, fearful, flexible, forbearing, genial, gentle, giving, governable, hesitant, impressionable, influenceable, law-abiding, lenient, limber, lithe, longanimous, long-suffering, lowly, malleable, manageable, manipulable, meek, mellow, milquetoast, moderate, modest, moldable, nothing, obedient, obliging, obsequious, open, orderly, ordinary, pablum, pacific, passive, patient, peaceable, peaceful, persuadable, pliable, placid, plain, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, pliant, polite, putty, quiet, receptive, resigned, reserved, respectful, responsive, restrained, retiring, reverential, royal, schnook, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, serene, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, smooth, soft, softhearted, soft-spoken, , spineless, spiritless, spongy, standoffish, subdued, submissive, subservient, suggestible, supple, supplicatory, susceptible, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tame, taught, teachable, temperate, tender, tentative, timid, timorous, tolerant, tractable, tractile, tranquil, trained, transformable, unambitious, unassuming, undemanding, unexacting, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, unresisting, usable, willing, warmhearted, weak, weak-kneed, well-mannered, willing, wishy-washy, withdrawn, workable, yielding, zero
[Edited on Apr 11, 2005 12:15PM]