HOT GOSSIP
You didn't hear this from us, but that super-famous geyser in Yellowstone that spews hot water on the regs? Everyone calls it this
Old Faithful
In a Dr. Seuss book, this animal "in Socks" likes to create tongue twisters for Mr. Knox
A Fox
Prancer & Cupid were famous ones
reindeer
You don't want your wine made with these, also a phrase about trash-talking something you can't have
sour grapes
According to a proverb, it "makes the heart grow fonder"
absence
You're not gonna believe this, but the ambient air temp once hit 134° F. in this California locale
Death Valley
The title of this C.S. Lewis classic mentions a feline named Aslan, an evil woman & a piece of furniture
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
In 2017 the maximum length of this went from 140 to 280 characters
a tweet
A fitting finish for a sundae, this idiom means to make something good even better
to put a cherry on top
When we talk about working your ab muscles, "ab" is short for this
abdominals
Psst... guess what? Mercury may be closest to the Sun, but it's not the hottest planet; this planet is totes hotter
Venus
"Something That Happened" was John Steinbeck's working title for this 1937 novella about farm workers George & Lennie
Of Mice and Men
A short bit of praise from a critic or a fellow author on the cover of a book
a blurb
It refers to disclosing secret information, like when you accidentally dropped that pot of chili
spilling the beans
It's another term for the yeti
\
the abominable snowman
Overheard in the steam room: a hot room heated with dry heat instead of steam isn't a steam room, it's one of these
a sauna
Nature writer Delia Owens branched out into fiction with her bestselling murder mystery "Where" these crustaceans "Sing"
the crawdads
Larry Bird, or currently, Jayson Tatum
a Celtic
If you're the best of the best, you're this, mentioning a dairy product & a farming word
cream of the crop
It means to formally give up the throne
abdicate
Here's some dirt on the Earth's smokin' hot inner core: it's made of solid metal, mostly this one with chemical symbol Fe
iron
This Kurt Vonnegut satire about global destruction shares its title with a game that involves making shapes with a loop of string
Cat's Cradle
A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing
a monogram
You & your best friend may be described this way, involving a legume & its container
(two) peas in a pod
This synonym for a deep chasm comes from a Greek word for "bottomless"
abyss