ROLE-PLAYING ROLES
The TV series "Happily Ever Avatar" includes a couple who fell in love after meeting in this MMORPG set in Azeroth
World of Warcraft
2001:
"Jaded",
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
Aerosmith
England is a dictatorship in "Children of Men", a book of this sci-fi subgenre whose name comes from the Greek for "bad"
Dystopian
The two-colored Mason bee has been compared to a witch, as it gathers twigs in a way that resembles this conveyance
Broomstick
One study says 11 words is the ideal length of this kind of headline to get you to hit a link; try starting with "You Won't Believe"
Clickbait
Tye Sheridan spits game to Olivia Cooke while playing in the VR world called the Oasis in this film
Ready Player One
"Suit & Tie",
"Filthy" &
"SexyBack"
DAILY DOUBLE
Justin Timberlake
A Bildungsroman is a work about the education & formative years of the protagonist, like this novel by J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
Filmed for the first time, a bee uses a droplet of this sugar-rich liquid to stop pollen from blowing off during her flight home
Nectar
In Rebecca Solnit's essay that helped launch this word, a guy informs Rebecca about an important book that he doesn't realize she wrote
Mansplaining
In the final episode of this Judd Apatow series, cool guy James Franco plays D&D with some nerdy freshmen
Freaks & Geeks
"Pump It",
"Boom Boom Pow" & "Where Is The Love?"
Black Eyed Peas
Types of poetry include narrative as well as this one with a name that tells you the verse is meant to be sung
Lyrical
These male honeybees are gifted with eyes twice the size of their sisters'; they use them to spot queens from other hives to mate with
Drones
This colorful term is used for making a product or service appear more environmentally friendly than it really is
DAILY DOUBLE
Greenwashing
In this 2023 film, Archie Madekwe can flex on his lady a little after a Sony racing game lands him a job
Gran Turismo
"Only Girl (In The World)",
"Rude Boy" &
"Run This Town"
Rihanna
"A Tale of a Tub" is one of these, which Samuel Johnson defined as a work "in which wickedness or folly is censured"
A satire
An Asian honeybee can pile on & cook their foes with heat, like this type of Asian wasp that invaded the U.S. in the past decade
Murder hornets
It's no longer just a swimming stroke, it's a verb meaning to improvise a rap
Freestyle
The will-they-won't-they between Charlotte Nicdao & Rob Mac in this video game industry show was retconned to not end in a kiss
Mythic Quest
Her in 1996:
"You Can't Hurry Love",
"Reach Out & Touch (Somebody's Hand)" &
"Chain Reaction"
Diana Ross
This portmanteau word is used of the genre that blends passion with dragon riders & such, as in "Fourth Wing"
Romantasy
Honeybees can tell one another where food is, how far & directions to take through a shaking dance known by this six-letter word
Waggle
A very early example of this is an 1853 image of "Sally and Mrs Reed" with not just Sally & Mrs. Reed in it
Photobomb