RHYME TIME
A sentimental song about a Waldorf or Caesar
a salad ballad
1989:
Tom Hanks &
a slobbering junkyard dog
Turner and Hooch
A sacred song or poem of the Bible
a psalm
1980:
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
Airplane!
One state of water; as a verb, it can mean to decorate a cake or to ensure a victory
ice
To vanish from sight
disappear
A quick drawing of a curly-haired dog
a poodle doodle
1973:
James Coburn & Kris Kristofferson
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
A pen name used by an author (or former vice-president of the U.S. for emails)
a pseudonym
1988:
"Ten minutes to Wapner"
Rain Man
When launched in 1998, it was just a noun; now it's a verb meaning to check up on somebody online
Google
Egyptian female pharaoh Hatshepsut wore one as part of her uniform of office....Chris...Michael
a beard
A story with a moral about Adam & Eve's second son
an Abel fable
1989:
Sylvester Stallone &
Kurt Russell
Tango and Cash
23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
psi
1986:
"This is my 9th sick day this semester. It's getting pretty tough coming up with new illnesses"
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
From the French for "to cut", it can mean a small piece or the whole or to do careful work on your car
detail
Robert Mitchum was in both the 1962 & 1991 versions of this film
Cape Fear
Salute that grand old university in New Haven
hail Yale
1952:
Katharine Hepburn &
Spencer Tracy
Pat and Mike
Daily Double
A general in Alexander's army, he became king of Egypt in 305 B.C.
1988:
"There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career"
Bull Durham
Daily Double
Natural event sometimes used as a verb; there's a form of it in Prissy's famous line in "Gone with the Wind"
It's the single word for the distance "within" which sound is audible to someone
earshot
One who steals a legal document like a summary or abstract
a brief thief
1974:
Clint Eastwood &
Jeff Bridges
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
The supposed ability to use mental powers to move objects, it's often abbreviated PK
psychokinesis
1981:
"Don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion, and don't look at it no matter what happens"
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Relatively" speaking, it means to exempt someone already in business from new regulation
grandfather
Often causing difficulties for aircraft, it's a sudden change in wind direction & speed
shear