WordPlay
This 5-letter word can mean both "a piece of heavy paper" and "to discard a hand in poker."
What is a card
Before streaming, Netflix's primary business model involved sending these through the mail in red envelopes.
What is a red envelope
To have "Aura" is to possess this intangible quality
What is cool
This handheld digital pet would die if you forgot to "feed" or "clean" it for a few days.
What is a Tamagotchi
This platform, which started as a place for gamers to chat, is now used for everything from study groups to AI communities.
What is Discord
It is a fruit, a bird, and a nickname for people from New Zealand.
What is a kiwi
To connect to the internet in 1998, you had to endure a loud screeching noise because your computer was essentially "making a phone call" using this device.
What is a modem
If someone is "Gatekeeping," they are doing this to information or a hobby.
What is keeping it secret
Before Spotify, this "peer-to-peer" file-sharing service was famous for accidentally giving your family computer a virus while you tried to download one song.
What is Napster
This HBO show about a "zombie" outbreak was based on a critically acclaimed 2013 PlayStation game.
What is The Last of Us?
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
What is a map
This Nintendo console was the first to use optical discs instead of cartridges, though the discs were strangely small.
What is a gamecube
This 4-letter word refers to the ability to attract a romantic partner, short for "charisma"
What is Rizz
Before the iPhone, this handheld device with a full keyboard was the ultimate status symbol for business people.
What is a BlackBerry
In 2023, these two movies with opposite aesthetics were released on the same day, creating a viral "double feature" trend.
What are Barbie and Oppenheimer
A group of ravens is called an "unkindness," but a group of owls is known by this political name.
What is a parliment
Before USB-C or Lightning, most non-Apple phones used this trapezoid-shaped charging port.
What is micro-usb
If a situation is "lowkey" stressful, it means it is stressful in this way.
What is subtle or secret
This 1995 Michael and Janet Jackson music video still holds the Guinness World Record for the most expensive music video ever made, costing $7 million at the time.
What is scream
This 2019 film made history by becoming the first non-English language movie to ever win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Parasite
If you combine a word meaning the opposite of “old” and a shirt that athletes wear that links them to their team, you get what state in the U.S.?
What is new jersey
This 6-second video app birthed a generation of creators before being shut down by Twitter in 2016.
What is Vine
If a Millennial tells you to "Talk to the hand," they are usually followed by this phrase to indicate they aren't listening.
What is cause the face don't want to hear it
Long before "The Cloud," Gen Xers used this mechanical device—often found on a desk—to store physical business cards in a rotating wheel.
What is a rolodex
In 2024, this Kendrick Lamar song became a historic "diss track" that was performed five times in a row during his Juneteenth concert, The Pop Out.
What is not like us