"Current" Slang
This 7 letter adjective means both dehydrated and too eager for approval.
Thirsty
Around week 7 of pregnancy, it's called this; after, it's called a fetus.
Embryo
That's really great! It's "all that and" this snack offering.
A bag of chips
Black people are mysteriously disappearing in this 2017 directorial debut of Jordan Peele.
Get Out
People magazine called Edmund Gwenn "The Gold Standard for Cinematic Santa Clauses" after he worked up "a miracle" on this.
34th Street
The name of this Italian fashion house means stylish or all is well.
Gucci
You can spell this word for a type of business with 6 letters or a period and 3 letters.
"dotcom" or ".com"
In 1984, a house in Hollywood got the cinematic address "1428 ________" for the first time.
Elm Street
After committing what some might deem accidental homicide in a 1994 film, this actor re-suited up in 2022 in "The Santa Clauses" on TV.
Tim Allen
This 5 letter term is used to describe how good or cool something is, despite its violent implication.
Slaps
These hormones relieve pain but probably don't give the runner's high as once thought.
Endorphins
In 1992, Vanity Fair asked if Kurt and Courtney were the "John and Yoko" of this.
Grunge
The first Oscar in the new makeup category went to Rick Baker in 1982 for turning David Naughton into one of these (in London).
A werewolf
Saaaaaaanta! I know him! And it was the late, great Ed Asner who played the role in this 2003 film.
Elf
It sounds like it means "stolen", but this 8-letter compliment means your style is fierce.
Snatched
Langerhans cells are found in this layer of the skin.
Epidermis
A gesture often accompanied this 4-word anatomical phrase meaning "I'm not listening to you."
Talk to the hand
Bram Stoker's widow got a court order to have this 1922 German silent classic destroyed- but it survived as vampires do.
Nosferatu
A poster for Bad Santa 2 had this thespian face down on a bar above the tagline "Giving the Holidays Another Shot".
Billy Bob Thorton
"Y" is for this 4-letter word which can mean "to throw" or be an interjection of joy.
It's hibernation, but in the summer.
Estivation
The 90's saw an uptick in talk about this, the process of businesses and other entities starting to operate on a worldwide scale.
Globalization
This 1973 cult classic about pagan rites on a small Scottish isle ends with the burning of the title effigy...and some other things.
Wicker Man
Vince Vaughn was older brother Fred Claus to this actor as Nicolas.
Paul Giamatti