BOWLING
This maximum possible score in a standard game of bowling is achieved by rolling 12 consecutive strikes.
300
Marnie Piper learns she comes from a line of witches and must save a magical town in this beloved 1998 movie that spawned three 2000s sequels.
HALLOWEENTOWN
Screenwriter Linda Woolverton intentionally wrote a recurring physical tic into this character's script—a wisp of hair constantly falling into her face—specifically to establish that she wasn't physically perfect.
BELLE / BEAUTY
Often tracked via smartphone apps, this monthly biological cycle plays a major role in managing energy levels, fitness routines, and overall wellness.
PERIOD / MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Eragon discovers a polished blue stone while hunting in this treacherous mountain range near his home town of Carvahall.
THE SPINE
Leaving the 7 and 10 pins standing on your first roll results in this notoriously difficult split, often named after a snake.
SNAKE EYES / 7-10 SPLIT
In this 2004 movie based on a true story, a group of teenage girls from Brooklyn form a jump rope team called the Hot Shots.
GOING TO THE MAT / JUMP IN!
Despite having a total of only 18 lines of dialogue and 18 minutes of total screen time in her own 1959 feature film, she remains a frontline member of the official franchise lineup.
AURORA / SLEEPING BEAUTY
This popular skincare trend involves applying multiple layers of hydrating products to achieve a dewy, glowing face that looks as smooth as glass.
GLASS SKIN
These terrifying, beak-mouthed servants of King Galbatorix kill Eragon's Uncle Garrow while searching for the dragon egg.
THE RA'ZAC
This triangular formation of ten target objects sits 60 feet away from the foul line.
PIN DECK / PIN RACK
Five high schoolers meet in detention and form a band centered on empowerment and acoustic tunes in this 2011 movie starring Bridgit Mendler.
LEMONADE MOUTH
Broadway legend Lea Salonga provided the singing voice for two different official Disney Princesses in the 1990s: Jasmine in 1992, and this warrior in 1998.
MULAN
In female healthcare, this systemic issue occurs when medical professionals dismiss or minimize women's physical symptoms as mere anxiety or emotional distress, leading to significant diagnostic delays.
MEDICAL GASLIGHTING / GENDER BIAS / MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION
At the Battle of the Burning Plains, Eragon faces a mysterious red dragon and his Rider, who turns out to be this former friend thought to have been killed.
MURTAGH
Standard bowling pins are primarily constructed from this hard, durable wood before being coated in plastic.
HARD ROCK MAPLE
In this 2010 comedy, Mitchie Torres returns to a music summer camp, only to find a rival high-tech facility called Camp Star across the lake.
CAMP ROCK 2: THE FINAL JAM
Her entire operational trajectory changes when she secures a commercial lease on a decrepit sugar mill via an aggressive, all-cash down-payment derived from selling French Quarter pastries.
TIANA
Originally coined in corporate settings to describe women being promoted to leadership roles during times of extreme crisis when failure is almost guaranteed, this metaphor complements the traditional "glass ceiling."
GLASS CLIFF
Back in Carvahall, this cousin of Eragon leads the villagers on a long, dangerous journey to join the Varden after his fiancée Katrina is kidnapped.
RORAN
In professional bowling, this term describes the oil patterns applied to the lane that dictate how a ball hooks, often named after animals like "Cheetah" or "Viper."
OIL PATTERNS / LANE CONDITIONS
In this 2002 sci-fi original, a teenage girl creates a virtual pop star named ProtaZoa-obsessed "Lorelei" to get back at her rival.
PIXEL PERFECT
To write the software required to simulate her hair physics, Disney hired computer scientist Kelly Ward, who spent six years writing her PhD dissertation at the University of North Carolina specifically on the mathematics of computer-generated hair.
RAPUNZEL
Popularized by financial journalists to describe an asymmetric economic burden, this term refers to the extra cost applied to products aimed at women—from razors to dry cleaning—compared to virtually identical items marketed to men.
PINK TAX
In a shocking revelation at the end of Eldest, Murtagh claims that he and Eragon share this former Dragon Rider as their father.
MORZAN