Real-World Adulting
This budget category usually includes wants, not needs — like snacks, games, or your 4th energy drink.
What are discretionary expenses?
This type of resume focuses on your skills when you don’t have much work experience.
What is a functional resume?
This platform is the current king of short-form video.
What is TikTok?
This sugary cereal’s mascot is a tiger who says “They’re grrrreat!”
Who is Tony the Tiger?
This artist released the hit album “Midnights” in 2022?
Who is Taylor Swift?
You should check this number before applying for an apartment or car loan.
What is your credit score?
When you shake someone’s hand, your grip should feel like this (not limp noodles, not bone-crusher).
What is firm?
The Nintendo character who always saves Princess Peach.
Who is Mario?
In Uno, this card makes the next player draw four.
What is the Draw 4?
In the MCU, who becomes the Sorcerer Supreme after Doctor Strange?
Who is Wong?
This document proves your legal eligibility to work in the U.S. (teens often bring it to first jobs).
What is your social security card?
If an employer asks about your “availability,” they want this information.
What is When you can work (days and hours)?
This popular show features Vecna, Demogorgons, and kids on bikes.
What is Stranger Things?
You’re walking and texting and walk straight into a pole. This word describes the moment.
What is “karma”?
In Stranger Things, which character is known for saying “Friends don’t lie”?
Who is Mike?
If your paycheck is $200 and you spend $250, you’re doing this financially dangerous thing.
What is spending more than you earn (going negative)?
This is the first thing employers look at when deciding if they should interview you.
What is your resume?
This MCU hero lifts a magical hammer only if they’re “worthy.”
Who is Thor?
The fear of missing out is often shortened to this four-letter term.
What is FOMO?
This person won the first season of The Voice U.S.?
Who is Javier Colon?
A savings rule says to keep enough money to cover this many months of living expenses.
What is 3–6 months?
This phrase describes the person you can’t work without — the one who helps every team succeed.
What is a “team player”?
This app started as a place to watch people dance but is now full of every trend imaginable.
What is TikTok?
A group of crows is called this spooky-sounding word.
What is a murder?
This TikTok trend involves using a green screen effect to insert yourself into scenes from movies or TV shows?
What is a Green Screen?