TV & Movies
The ultimate paragon of excellence and virtue, this superhero is known as the Man of Steel
Superman
A group action to get a substance abuser to seek help
Intervention
To make "subvert" into an adjective
-sive
In this argumentative fallacy the speaker/writer attacks the person & not the facts
Ad hominem
"Will there be sugar after the rebellion?"
Mollie
The "Oz-tentatious" costume design for this movie won an Oscar at the February 2025 Academy Awards
Wicked
Safety Paul Krause holds the NFL record with 81 of these
Interceptions
To change "facetious" into a noun
-ness
Dragging a certain fish across a trail made hounds lose the scent, hence this term for a misleading clue
red herring
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing"
Old Major
His powerful performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him a posthumous Supporting Actor Oscar
Heath Ledger
Oh, my heavens! It's a word or phrase used in exclamation
Interjection
To make make "posthumous" and "implicit" into adverbs
-ly
A two-way split, usually into contradictory parts or opinions
False dichotomy
"None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."
Benjamin, the donkey
This character from "The Incredibles" is highly malleable due to her power of superhuman elasticity.
Elastigirl
We now pause for this short break between dramatic acts
Intermission
To make "piety" or "joy" into adjectives
-ous
"Post hoc, ergo propter hoc", "After it, so because of it", is another name for this type of logical misconception
False cause-and-effect
"I initiated a hostile takeover because Snowball had no business sense & would have bankrupted the Homestead"
Napoleon
This TV show set in Hawkins, Indiana, is reminiscent of 1980s sci-fi and adventure movies, like "E.T," "Alien," and "The Goonies"
Stranger Things
She speaks fluent Ku, so she might be one of these people who facilitate communication between speakers
Interpreter
In Spanish, to change "lenta" [slow] into an adverb
-mente
Connie proposes a ban on alcohol after considering only its effects on alcoholics, rather than the entire population.
hasty generalization
"No one believes more firmly than comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal"
Squealer