CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO
Figuratively speaking, you might "put" this "in" an issue to be handled later, or perhaps an issue to be handled... never
Put a pin in it
If you play the latest version of this Hasbro game you can be Chef White or Solicitor Peacock
Clue
AMC Theatres claims to sell 52 million bags of this snack food every year
Popcorn
"The Boot"
(It has more World Heritage sites than any other country)
Italy
In 2005, a 19-second clip titled "Me at the zoo" was the first video ever uploaded to this website
YouTube
This 2-word phrase meaning "chat" or "connect" may have started as a sports metaphor; overusing it is now a national pastime
Touch base
One yummy change to this game over the years was renaming the Molasses Swamp the Chocolate Swamp
Candyland
In 2013, cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio assumed this lofty title
Pope
"The Land of Count Dracula"
(You've never been to Transylvania in October?
You gotta go!)
Romania
In 1984, this company introduced the "Fat Mac", a Macintosh computer with a whopping 512 KB of RAM
Apple
It's a way of saying "reconnect later", with a dash of needless geometry thrown in for good measure
Circle back
Released in 2003, A Game of Thrones put players in the great houses of this fictional continent
Westeros
If you love Dum Dums & Chupa Chups, you're a real sucker for this treat
lollipop
"The Land of Fire & Ice"
(Do its citizens really believe in elves? I guess we'll never gnome)
Iceland
In 1997, an IBM computer named Deep Blue beat grandmaster Garry Kasparov at this game
Chess
It's a sonar-inspired way to say "contact me"--when "text me", "call me" or "email me" just won't cut it
Ping me
On a standard Scrabble board there are only 8 of these premium squares that boost your points
Triple Word Score
The United Nations estimated that the world's this reached 8 billion on Nov. 15, 2022
population
"The Land of Poets & Thinkers"
(Hey Einstein, it's pronounced "GUR-tuh" , not "GO-thee")
Germany
In 2012, this Google creation passed Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the world's most used web browser
Chrome
It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable"
Out of pocket
In Monopoly, Boardwalk is in the same color group as this alliterative property
Park Place
In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey sang about wanting this large animal for Christmas
a hippopotamus
"The Playground of Europe"
(St. Moritz is so over. All the best parties are in Gstaad)
Switzerland
One of the first search engines shared its name with this comic book character, inspiring successors named Veronica & Jughead
Archie