BUZZED WORDS
For over a century this past participle meaning "illuminated" has also been an adjective meaning "intoxicated"
lit
According to a No. 1 hit, Justin Bieber gets himself these title fruits "out in Georgia"
peaches
A popular fancam based on this movie showed clips of Ralph Fiennes while Beyoncé's "Diva" plays
Conclave
A tryhard, or a banger by the Spice Girls
wannabe
He & Rachel Weisz formed a "Bond" as a married couple in the film "Dream House" in 2010 & married the following year
(Daniel) Craig
The origin of this J-Kwon-approved word for "drunk" is straightforward: drunk people have trouble walking straight forward
tipsy
Chappell Roan wrote this hit single after her first visit to a gay bar, The Abbey in West Hollywood
"Pink Pony Club"
In 1997 Pope John Paul II invited this musician to play "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" & "Forever Young" at a youth event
Bob Dylan
Henry David Thoreau said, "It costs me less... to incur the penalty of" this 12-letter word "to the state than it would to obey"
disobedience
Anna Osceola had a small part in the final episode of "Mad Men", leading to her 2023 marriage to this star of the series
Hamm
This 3-word idiom means drunk to the point of oblivion; in booze-speak, it's where you "drink someone" if you out-imbibe them
under the table
An aquarium once told Salt-N-Pepa that when this late '80s hit played, "the sharks started mating"
"Push It"
On "The Young Pope", this actor revealed he taketh his holy soda Cherry Coke Zero for his papal breakfast
Jude Law
This company founded in 2006 by Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine has been an Apple subsidiary since 2014
Beats (by Dre)
Life imitates TV--on "Once Upon a Time", Ginnifer Goodwin was Snow White & Josh Dallas was this love interest; they lived happily ever after
Prince Charming
This word may have been meant to suggest a person soaking up alcohol, the way a certain type of paper soaks up ink
blotto
This M.I.A. track samples "Straight To Hell" by The Clash & was memorably featured in "Slumdog Millionaire"
"Paper Planes"
In "The Agony & the Ecstasy" Pope Julius II hires this artist played by Charlton Heston to give some razzle-dazzle to the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
It describes custom-made & tailored clothes
bespoke
An on-again, off-again couple on "That '70s Show" & in real life, she & Ashton Kutcher tied the knot in 2015
Kunis
Millennials helped popularize this term meaning both excited & drunk; rapper Roscoe Dash called it the 2010 version of "crunk"
turnt
A style of Reebok sneakers is thought to have inspired the title of this Foster The People hit from 2011
"Pumped Up Kicks"
It's been noted that this man, who played Francis in "The Two Popes", resembles his role; even his son jokingly asked him if he was the pope
Jonathan Pryce
the Uffizi in Florence has a room of sculptures named for this bereaved mother from Greek myth
Niobe
I definitely found out that it's good for a TV & film actor to do a little theater when I met my wife, this luminous actress, as we co-starred in "Absurd Person Singular" on Broadway
Mireille Enos