HYPHENATED WORDS
Designed to prevent pilferage, like devices attached to some merchandise
anti-theft
Shanghai stands in for a futuristic Los Angeles in this 2013 film directed by Spike Jonze
Her
Perhaps from French for "let's drink", it means to satirize or poke fun at
lampoon
It sounds like a bath for a pig, but it means nonsense
hogwash
"Better Call Saul"
Breaking Bad
here are 2 hyphens in this word for someone who pretends to omniscience, & I better not hear you call me one
know-it-all
Will Ferrell & Zoey Deschanel duetted on "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in this film
Elf
From a Tagalog word for "mountain", this word refers to a remote, rural area
boondocks
this word originally meant the happy time at the start of a marriage, perhaps lasting for just one lunar cycle
honeymoon
"Frasier"
Cheers
A life-like depiction of a character, or more literally, having length, breadth & depth
three-dimensional
The appearance of grumpy old Carl Fredricksen in this 2009 animated film was partially modeled after Spencer Tracy
Up
In 1883 settlers from Ontario founded this city 2 provinces over
Saskatoon
In song this person with a large, wide maw or a lack of discretion "Strikes Again
a Bigmouth
The Book of Boba Fett"
The Mandalorian
A minor role for a stage actor, or an unrecruited athlete who tries out for a college team
a walk-on
2024 film in which Ryan Reynolds endeavors to reunite imaginary friends with the now-grown kids who forgot them
IF
in European armies of old, it was a mounted soldier armed with a musket
a dragoon
This owner of a rental property maximizes profits while allowing the property to deteriorate
a slumlord
"The Colbert Report"
The Daily Show
It originally meant a race contestant who performed best while in the lead; now it just means the current leader
front-runner
it's Kurosawa's take on "King Lear"
Ran
These close-fitting trousers bear the name of a buffoonish commedia dell'arte character who wore something similar
pantaloons
A synonym for applaud begins this slang word for a well-timed retort
clapback
"Private Practice", starring Kate Walsh
Grey's Anatomy