"Y" Words
Walking the dog and Around the World are tricks you do with this toy on a string.
What is a yo-yo?
This Norse god of thunder wields the hammer Mjölnir.
Who is Thor?
Disney made a movie about 101 of these spotted dogs, which are also known for riding on fire trucks.
What is a Dalmatian?
Seeing everyone’s party photos after you stayed home can set off the anxiety this 4-letter acronym describes.
What is FOMO?
In 1996, this Spanish duo’s song had wedding guests everywhere doing the same hand-and-hip dance.
What is “Macarena”?
Alpine singers are known for this warbling style that flips rapidly between chest voice and falsetto.
What is yodel?
This Greek warrior was invincible everywhere except one spot on his foot.
Who is Achilles?
Queen Elizabeth II famously kept more than 30 of these short-legged herding dogs.
What is a corgi?
If a date stops answering your texts and disappears with no explanation, you’ve been this.
What is ghosted?
In 2000, the Baha Men turned a question about canines into a stadium anthem.
What is “Who Let the Dogs Out”?
It’s a triangle-shaped traffic sign, and on Wall Street it’s the return a bond pays.
What is yield?
Opening her jar, often called a box, released the world’s evils and left only hope inside.
Who is Pandora?
The world’s smallest dog breed is named after a Mexican state.
What is a Chihuahua?
This portmanteau describes the irritability that kicks in when you’ve skipped lunch.
What is hangry?
Gotye and Kimbra topped the charts in 2012 with this breakup duet, and its video painted them into the background.
What is “Somebody That I Used to Know”?
Coined in the early ’80s, this slang for a young, upwardly mobile city professional comes from an acronym.
What is a yuppie?
This jackal-headed Egyptian god oversaw mummification and guarded the dead.
Who is Anubis?
Bigger and heavier than a husky, this Arctic sled dog is named after an Inuit people of the far north.
What is an Alaskan Malamute?
It started as a typo in a 2013 Bitcoin forum post, and this 4-letter word now means refusing to sell no matter what.
What is HODL?
This 1990 rap No. 1 took its bassline from Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure.”
What is “Ice Ice Baby”?
Once a small English landowning farmer, this word now praises someone’s dutiful, hardworking effort.
What is yeoman?
This Titan stole fire for humanity, and as punishment an eagle ate his liver every day.
Who is Prometheus?
This African breed was originally used to hunt lions, and it has a stripe of hair that grows backward along its spine.
What is a Rhodesian Ridgeback?
Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year, this slang means the ability to smoothly charm a romantic interest.
What is rizz?
This British anarchist band had only one big U.S. hit, the 1997 drinking anthem “Tubthumping.”
Who is Chumbawamba?