PARTS OF THE FRANCHISE
A Broadway musical & the TV series "Timon & Pumbaa"
The Lion King
It can be a desk employee at a hotel, or a legal aide to a judge
a clerk
This type of camping for the pampered dates to 2005
glamping
To cut, or a short segment of a movie or TV show
clip
2013, set in the 1840s & 1850s:
Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Michael Fassbender
12 Years a Slave
The video game "Vice City
Grand Theft Auto
Referring to a type popular in earlier centuries, a peruker was a maker of these
wigs
The act of ending a relationship by abruptly cutting off all communication has had this name since 2012
ghosting
Happening at present, or something that's measured in amperes
current
2017:
Sally Hawkins,
Doug Jones, who probably got wet a lot
The Shape of Water
The spin-off "Hobbs & Shaw"
The Fast and the Furious
At New York City's Guggenheim Museum, Naomi Beckwith holds this job, one who assembles & manages artistic collections
a curator
2012 gave us this alliterative term for the device that lets you take a turnaround photo from a better angle
a selfie stick
The creator of a company, or to sink
founder
1984:
Bill Murray,
Dan Aykroyd,
Sigourney Weaver
Ghostbusters
TV series subtitled "Lower Decks" & "Prodigy"
Star Trek
DBA is short for database this, a job in which you run the database & of course, have privileges on it
administration
This gendered word for condescendingly expounding has only been around since 2008
mansplaining
A substance applied to give a shine to a surface, or an explanation of a difficult passage in a text
a gloss
2014:
Michael Keaton,
Edward Norton,
Emma Stone
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
the video game "Operation Raccoon City" & the Netflix series "Infinite Darkness
Resident Evil
It means following the rules & is the usual word for an "officer" who makes sure you follow the rules, like about COVID
compliance
Folks have been making these catalogs of things to do before they die since 2006
bucket lists
To complain, or a bird also known as the prairie chicken
a grouse
1999:
Haley Joel Osment,
Bruce Willis
The Sixth Sense