Bad Movie Descriptions
1999 - A man spends months not wondering why the only person who talks directly to him is a kid that can see ghosts.
Sixth Sense
Born on the doomed planet, Krypton, this future DC Comic defender of Earth was named Kal-El by his parents, Jor-El and Lara, and then blasted off in a rocket heading for Smallsville, Kansas.
Superman (Clark Kent - introduced in 1938)
Some men still do this in the traditional style, down on one knee.
Pop the Question
This 11-letter S-word means having two identical halves that are mirror images of each other.
Symmetrical
Cowboys called this device used by grocers, coal-dealers and other sellers of goods an ambush, because they were always "lying in weight."
Market Scales
Rubber _______ Mate
Check
1997: A rich girl dumps her even richer fiancé for a penniless painter (but keeps his $100 million dollar wedding gift) then lets her new love die instead of scooching over.
Titanic
When Bruce Banner says, "don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry," the angry me he's referring to is really this big guy, first introduced by Marvel Comics in 1962.
The Incredible Hulk
In baseball, a ball that is hit up into the air and is easily catchable by the defensive team.
This 12-letter A-word means a shortened form of a word or phrase.
Abbreviation
After a long day o' punchin' them little dogies, it's ok to paint yer tonsils with a little scamper juice, but as you gotta pull the pieces agin' tomorrah, don't go gettin' all squiffy, which is a cowboy term for this.
Intoxicated
Water _______ Coded
Color
1950 (Animated): A young girl is forced to clean relentlessly, but still has mice.
Cinderella
Introduced by DC Comics in 1939, one year after Superman, this caped crusader was the first, and is still the best, superhero without superpowers, but with billions and billions of dollars.
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
A small, lightweight shelter used for hiking and camping that can be set up instantly due to pre-attached, spring loaded poles.
A Pop Tent
This 13-letter C-word means the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal.
Collaboration
When Lefty warns you the brush you had with that blusteratin' blatherskite earlier might bust out into a downright bushwackin', he reminds you to make sure you've got five beans in the wheel, meaning this.
Check your gun is loaded.
Nuclear _______ Tree
Family
1999 - A despondent software designer takes a pill, joins a cult, and destabilizes the government with style.
The Matrix
Debuting in 1941, this DC Comic superhero's most unique power is the ability to communicate telepathically with sea life, but superhuman strength, hearing and accelerated healing are also on the list.
Aquaman (Arthur Curry)
Denoting a small store or business of a type often run by a married couple.
Mom and Pop
This 14-letter A-word describes going about in a preoccupied manner, not really paying attention to what you are doing or what is happening around you.
Absentmindedly
It was a free, highly abundant source of fuel for fires and stoves, although perhaps a bit whiffy when not thoroughly dried, it's no wonder cowboys called it prairie coal.
Cow Manure
Ear _______ Beat
Drum
1964 - For five bucks an alcoholic father sells his destitute daughter to a rich snob who makes her swallow a marble and then takes her to a dance.
My Fair Lady
Introduced by DC Comics in 1956, this superhero is able to run at ten times the speed of light, but the drain on his metabolism means he needs to consume more than 10,000 calories a day.
The Flash (Barry Allen)
A video or graphic that displays in widows of varying sizes and locations on a web page, typically without the user's permission.
A Pop-up
This 16-letter C-word is the action or process of traveling the entire way around something, most often used in reference to the world.
Circumnavigation
More wisdom from ol' Lefty: don't you go listen t' that flannel-mouthed, mouldy grub's ballyhoo (smooth-talking salesman's hyped-up sales pitch), he's just stringing you a whizzer, which means this.
Telling tales or lying, especially on a grand scale
Long _______ Start
Jump
1937 (Animated) - A guy comes in from the woods and kisses an unconscious woman while seven other guys watch.
Snow White
Introduced by Disney-Pixar in this 2004 animated film, the Par family of Metroville, CA, is really a family of superheroes, each with a major superpower, and the baby, Jack-Jack, apparently having them all.
The Incredibles
Some varieties of this child's toy use air pressure to launch a harmless projectile, while others simply create a loud noise.
A Pop Gun
This 18-letter O-word is the action of describing or explaining something in such a boiled-down fashion that a distorted impression is given.
Oversimplification
Even cowboys could be gentile if the occasion called for it, and in such times when asking for the necessary, he was asking where to find this.
The Bathroom
Abandon _______ Off
Ship