Crime & Criminals
Slang for "money", or to steal from locations left unprotected after a natural catastrophe.
What is 'loot'?
1984:
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Who is Wham!?
This language is the second most-spoken in the U.S. with about 35 million speakers.
What is Spanish?
The Camry
What is Toyota?
277 miles long & found in the American Southwest, it's one of the largest land gorges on Earth.
What is the Grand Canyon?
This serial killer claimed he was commanded to kill by a demon that possessed his Neighbor's dog
Who is Son of Sam / David Berkowitz?
2019:
"Dance Monkey"
Who is Tones and I?
On the dance floor I'm a klutz, from a word meaning "wooden block" in this Germanic language.
What is Yiddish?
The classic Firebird Trans Am
What is Pontiac?
The Earth's longest river is the Nile, but this one carries the most water by volume
What is the Amazon?
In France “reclusion” is the term for this type of imprisonment
What is Solitary Confinement?
2004:
"She Will Be Loved"
Who is Maroon 5?
This isn't technically a language, but is formed as a simplified means of communication between two or more groups that don't have a language in common.
What is Pidgin?
What is Kia?
This liquid beneath the Earth's surface is different in Hawaii--it has more molten rock & fewer gases & fragments
What is magma?
Another name for setting up an illegal business to repeatedly (or consistently) provide profit. Often prosecuted in the US (or movies) under the RICO Act.
What is racketeering?
2016:
"Formation"
Who is Beyoncé?
This is an English dialect from London, which includes very distinctive rhyming slang.
What is Cockney?
Phantom & Silver Shadow
What is Rolls-Royce?
By mass, it's the most abundant element in the Earth's crust and in your body.
What is oxygen?
An 8-letter word for a prison on a military post or a barrier made of stakes.
What is a stockade?
1998:
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!
Who is Vengaboys?
The name of this language of the Philippines comes from words meaning "of the river".
What is Tagalog?
The Rabbit & Cabriolet
What is Volkswagen?
Hurricanes don't hit the middle of the planet, as this "effect" of the rotating earth on wind flow increases the further you get from the equator.
What is the Coriolis Effect?