New Words
Used by young adults, this word means acting responsibly or like an adult.
What is adulting?
The premise of this movie is that the world is a video game, and only a bank teller can save it.
What is Free Guy?
The title of Adele's latest album, also a number.
What is 30?
This famous golfer was the victim of a car crash in February 2021.
Who is Tiger Woods?
Released in November 2020, this book follows the life of this former president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This word has become popular in recent years, meaning to stay alert to social injustice, especially racism.
What is woke?
After 8 seasons, this comedy police show starring Andy Samberg, Melissa Fumero, and Terry Crews aired its last episode in 2021.
What is Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
The artist re-recording her albums, most recently Red.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This universally renowned gymnast dropped out of numerous events at the 2021 summer Olympics due to her struggles with mental health.
Who is Simone Biles?
This company has about 27,000 different comics published as of October 2021.
What is Marvel?
This word means obsessively scrolling through bad news.
What is doomscrolling?
Centred around a teenage boy on the autism spectrum, this Netflix show aired its fourth and final season in 2021.
What is Atypical?
BTS is a K-Pop group from this country.
What is South Korea?
Controversy ensued when this ROC figure skater was revealed to have taken heart medication during the 2022 winter Olympics.
Who is Kamila Valieva?
This famous poet released a book of her poems in 2021.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Recently added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it means to brag or show off.
What is flex?
Based on the life of Rent creator Jonathan Larson, this movie musical premiered on Netflix in late 2021.
What is Tick, Tick... BOOM!?
In November 2021, this documentary about a famous '60s band was released on Disney+.
What is The Beatles: Get Back?
This sport is holding a "lockout," which started on December 2, 2022.
What is baseball?
What is 1984?
Added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2017, the word is used to positively describe an obsessive fan.
What is a stan?
True or false: The most recent installment in the Fast and The Furious franchise is the 8th movie.
What is false? (It's the 9th)
From the movie Encanto, it was the first Disney song to get on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since "Let It Go."
What is "We Don't Talk About Bruno?"
The only city to have hosted a summer and winter Olympics.
What is Beijing?
Following two ex-best friends trying to fix their relationship, it was the most popular book of 2021 according to Goodreads.
What is The People We Meet On Vacation?