one who gains affluence or recognition after obscurity and neglect
What is cinderella
100
full of wit and bawdy humor
What is Falstaffian
100
used to describe a man whose chief interest is seducing a woman
What is a Lothario
100
characterized by impermissible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything
What is Polyanna
100
a boorish, crass, or stupid person
What is a Yahoo
200
to speak or behave clumsily
What is bumble
200
anything that threatens or destroys its creator
What is Frankenstein
200
a timid, weak, or unassertive person
What is Milquetoast
200
humorous, sometimes derogatory character from one of Charles Dickens works: "______________ Papers"
What is Pickwickian
200
a commonplace non-adventuresome person who seeks escape from reality through daydreaming
Who is Walter Mitty
300
a faithful and willing attendant, ready to turn his hand to anything
What is Friday
300
the usually unintentional humorous use or distortion of a word or phrase, especially the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended, but ludicrously wrong in context
What is malapropism
300
bluster and boasting
What is Rodomantade
300
Bonus: a self-satisfied person concerned chiefly with business and middle-class ideals
What is Babbitt
400
someone overly idealistic
Who is Don Quixote
400
a pure and noble man with limited ambition
What is Galahad
400
descriptive of a very small person
What is lilliputian
400
a harsh, cruel, or demanding person in authority such as an employer or officer that acts in this manner
What is Simon Legree
400
a machine that looks like a human being
What is a Robot
500
gigantic, enormous, on a large scale
What is Brobdingnagian
500
a capricious person with two sides to his/her personality
What is Jekyll and Hyde
500
refers either to a certain type of children's clothing or to a beautiful, but pampered and effeminate small boy