Poorly Described Coworkers
Our Jim with no Pam
Who is JZ
Gen Z uses this phrase to describe a friendly, warm and loyal boyfriend.
What is a Golden Retriever
Used in a sentence read out loud by JZ: "He's giving golden retriever energy"
In this movie a teenage girl moves to the Pacific Northwest and falls for a shimmery boy.
What is Twilight
This Shakespearean play features two teenagers in love from Verona, and introduced the phrase 'Star Crossed Lovers'
What is Romeo and Juliet
In this stop-motion classic by Tim Burton, Johnny Depp accidentally gets engaged to a corpse. Whoopsie Daisy?
What is Corpse Bride
Payroll Analyst by day, baseball statistician by night.
Who is Sharon Bintrim
This phrase describes a type of relationship that isn't quite a relationship, but neither of you are single. It's a complex situation to be in around Valentines Day.
What is a situationship.
This show is known for the main character/love interest of a centuries-old vampire (Jake says in a deep Southern Accent): Sookie
What is True Blood
This Ancient Queen conquered a Roman Dynasty in a not so PG-13 kinda way. Her lovers include Julius and Marc Antony, both succumbing to assassination.
Who is Cleopatra
(She had 4 kids between the two blood-related men. Who is this diva?)
In this blockbuster a human falls in love with an alien and abandons humanity.
The only Gen Z employee on the team with a black belt (I think?)
Who is Cody Bell
DAILY DOUBLE: 600
It's normally a past tense verb for what you do before being satiated, but when Gen Z uses the word it has nothing to do with kitchen skills.
What is Cooked
From the weird mind of Joss Whedon comes this show where a teenager with a quirky name has a romance with a centuries-old vampire, breaking many a state law.
What is Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Who is Daisy Buchanan
In this movie/subsequent franchise an ogre bags a beautiful princess. Is she settling or is it love? You decide.
What is Shrek.
When it comes to music savvy, this is girl Mike Trout
Who is Laurie Plummer
This is the dating phase on social media where Gen Z will begin sneaking hints of their new amore into photo dumps- such as elbows, 2 cups of coffee, 2 drinks, etc.
What is a "soft launch"
(Millennials used to just change our AIM away messages or captions on instagram, we are not better)
In this movie he sees a photo of a woman, and that's enough for him to bring plague, death, and horror across all of Europe just to get closer to her...and you can't get a text back.
Who is Nosferatu
Who are Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
DAILY DOUBLE: This classic black and white movie is a mix of Beauty and the Beast with skyscrapers and tragedy. Count me in!
What is King Kong
Her daughter was Wednesday Adams two years ago for Halloween, therefore making her a goth icon
Who is Laken
For something so good, why does it sound bad? This trending phrase is used by our teens and young adults when they are infatuated and in love.
What is "down bad"
(Arguably the equivalent word in Millennial is 'whipped')
DAILY DOUBLE:
The Queen of the Damned (early 2000s vampire movie) stars this singer and actress, more well known for her musical hits (song examples: "rock the boat", "Are you that somebody?" and "Try again") before her tragic death via plane crash.
Who is Aaliyah
This novel centers on Hester and Arthur, lovers punished by a rigid Puritan society.
What is the Scarlett Letter
(Another Diva)
DAILY DOUBLE: In this comedy starring Nicholas Hoult, a teenage zombie boy falls in love with a human girl. Love quite literally brings him back to life.
What is Warm Bodies