PARTS OF SPEECH
Ohhhhh man, that curry just ain't sitting well right now: curry
This form of rock music that emerged in the 1990s was also known as the Seattle sound
This hard-rocking group "Got it bad. Got it bad. Got it bad". They're "Hot For Teacher"
A go-between, or a relationship that could be "dangerous"
(7)
A liaison
Sent in December 1992, the first text message was just these 2 seasonally appropriate words
Merry Christmas
In shock, I wandered among the players--how had I, Alex Trebek, become Super Bowl MVP?:
among
A preposition
"Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old"
Porridge
A "young teacher" in this song from The Police has to endure "strong words in the staffroom"
"Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Potato pancake
(5)
A latke
In 2019 Massachusetts introduced a new service allowing those in need of help to text, not call, this number
911
I'll close with the final stitch now...uh-oh, where's my watch?:
uh-oh
Exclamation (or interjection)
If this squeaks every time you enter or leave a room, try taking out the pin & lubricating it
A hinge
This rapper shows little respect in "My Name Is..." where "my English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high"
Eminem
Sane or easily understood
(5)
Lucid
Under sharia law, a man can do this to his wife by notifying her 3 times; in 2009 a Saudi man made news by doing so via text
Divorce
Yesterday I realized I should learn to play jazz flute:
yesterday
Adverb
It can mean a medicated throat candy
Lozenge
In the classic song "School's Out", this man mentions "No more teacher's dirty looks"
Alice Cooper
Fungi & algae combo
(6)
Lichen
In 2018 agent Peter Strzok was fired from this organization for sending politically charged texts
The FBI
Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee:
lest
Conjunction
A severe form of this skin disease in dogs is caused by a mite that can give humans scabies
Mange
"The teacher don't know about how to deal with the student body" is from this duo's 1984 hit "Adult Education"
Hall and Oates
A pale purple
(8)
Lavender
In 2008 a surgeon in Africa with Medecins Sans Frontieres, this organization, saved a life using instructions texted from Britain
Doctors Without Borders