S-Words
A magical utterance.
To compose a word out of letters.
Spell
This mythical sword was embedded in an anvil and could only be drawn by the one true king of Britain.
Excalibur
The name of this popular digital assistant is Scandinavian for "beautiful woman who leads you to victory".
Siri
This classic Shakespearean tragedy chronicles the rise of this flagship fast food product from the golden arches.
Big Macbeth
To take something that isn't yours.
To run away quietly.
Steal
This Elvish dagger is passed from Bilbo to Frodo in the Lord of the Rings, and glows blue when Orcs are nearby.
Sting
This virtual assistant is named after the artificial intelligence from the Halo series of video games.
Cortana
Michael Cera plays a scrappy bass player who must defeat all seven of his girflriend's exes in this massively multiplayer online RPG.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World of Warcraft
A small amount.
To offend someone.
Slight
This long but skinny sword from Game of Thrones is a gift for Arya Stark from Jon Snow.
Needle
This sentient paper clip was a desktop assistant for many a Windows household in the early 2000's, but was widely hated by its own developers; its internal codename was "TFC", literally "That F---ing Clown".
Clippy
The director of Terminator and Titanic goes on to voice Princess Fiona in Shrek.
James Cameron Diaz
A small magical creature like an elf or fairy.
A two-dimensional computer graphic.
Sprite
Cloud's iconic oversized weapon from Final Fantasy VII has become a hallmark image for the video game itself.
Buster Sword
This virtual assistant caught some flak after a demonstration of its AI-powered voice cloning feature, where a deceased grandmother's voice was used to read a bedtime story to her grandchild, raising ethical concerns over cloning the voices of the deceased.
Alexa
Anthony Kiedis was on one side, and Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle were on the other with these songs about an elevated physical structure.
Under the Bridge Over Troubled Water
To officially approve or give permission for an action.
To officially forbid or impose a penalty for an action.
Sanction
Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" features a sword described only with this made up word, a word that has gone on to be the name of a magical sword in Dungeons & Dragons.
Vorpal Sword
This downloadable purple gorilla from the early 2000s used text-to-speech to interact with its users, but was maligned as spyware after it was discovered to harvest users' personal information (could you imagine??).
BonziBuddy
A Time Lord from Gallifrey helps Eddie Valiant clear his cartoon friend of murder charges.
Doctor Who Framed Roger Rabbit