Think Small
COMPUTERS
Words to Fear
DUMPLINGS BY ANY OTHER NAME
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100

This word that means "of little importance" precedes "Pursuit" in the name of a board game

Trivial

100

From the Greek for "around", it's an auxiliary device like a keyboard or printer that's attached to a computer  

Peripheral 

100

Phantasmagoria is a synonym for this post-bedtime event; sweet dreams!

Nightmare

100

These Chinese dumplings are typically served fried as an appetizer or boiled & served in a soup of the same name

Wongtons

100

A bogus boa constrictor

Fake Snake

200

At the sushi bar, the ever popular amaebi is this little shellfish served raw

Shrimp

200

Allowing interaction through icons or other visual indicators, GUI is short for graphical user this

Interface

200

The Hollywood Reporter's obituary for director Wes Craven called him the "Master of" this film genre

Horror

200

Chef Boyardee's mini micro beef ones of these cases of pasta are a kid favorite

Ravioli 

200

Harass or taunt Mr. Hyde's alter ego

Heckle Jekyll 

300

When it comes to small iPods, there were Mini, Shuffle & this other one that was one-fifth the size of the original model

The Nano

300

A 2017 PC World article was about "Why You Should" do this for privacy & security, using the low-teach piece-of-tape solution

Cover your camera

300

This word denoting great fear precedes -nought, -ful & -locks

Dread

300

The "talk" of Tibet are momos, dumplings filled with the meat of this wild Asian ox

a yak

300

A judge's mallet that you can take on vacation

Travel Gavel 

400

This French word designates clothing for women who are 5'4" & under

Petite

400

Setting the stage for the PC revolution, in 1975 he & a pal co-founded Microsoft

Paul Alen

400

To suddenly frighten; the "Red" one was anti-Communist

Scare

400

Knaidlach are matzo balls & these similarly named items are Jewish noodle dumplings

Kreplach 

400

A faithful king, queen or prince

Loyal Royal

500

This 15-letter word is a subtle but offensive comment directed at a minority group that reinforces a negative stereotype

microaggression

500

Paul Manafort created a paper trail when he needed help converting this type of 3-letter file to Word 

PDF

500

From the Greek for "fear", it's an extreme, irrational fear, but don't panic!

Phobia 

500

These dumplings, the Japanese equivalent of potstickers, start with the letter "G" & end up in a dipping sauce--& my mouth

Gyoza

500

A back-&-forth talk about certain types of instruments including drums & gongs

Percussion discussion 

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