Shakespearean Ne"O"logisms for 2020
Before Shakespeare's time, there wouldn't have been this eight-letter compound word for the onset of the pandemic when the virus was disseminated through the populace. Reverse the root words for a term to mean an acne flare-up.
What is outbreak?
Gut worms and head lice are examples of these little opportunists
What are parasites?
Burned to a crisp
What is charred?
The aromatic bark of the evergreen species known as cassia in other parts is often sold under the name of this related species here
What is cinnamon?
A forensic portraitist employing a beloved magnetic toy. Careful! Don't shake away the witness testimony!
What is an Etch-a-Sketch Artist?
The bard would be unlikely to blame the Chinese like a certain world leader. He certainly wouldn't have thought the virus was set up on the world intentionally. Luckily for us, he coined a conversational two-word term for this, the opposite of "by accident", we still use to this day
What is on purpose?
A subsidiary of ViacomCBS and the second oldest movie studio in the US behind Universal
What is Paramount Pictures?
Jive cats and hipsters are of this demographic. Their flower child kids might tease those who remain are so old they must be pickled.
What is the beat generation?
Is is almost impossible to detect a difference between the refined products of cane sugar and sugar extracted from this root vegetable source
What is the sugar beet?
We screamed this, but didn't actually hemorrhage, when we found out this Jessica Fletcher reboot wasn't a go
What is Bloody Murder, She Wrote?
Now the year is over, perhaps you're looking back on the news coverage and thinking it was all a little much. This is Shakespeare's catchy nine-letter compound for something exaggerately out of proportion. Reverse the root words to get what happens to trees in a hurricane.
What is overblown?
Unregulated and unrequired to pass a bar examination, these assistants to lawyers are not usually permitted to practice law independently of them
What are paralegals?
A cuddly toy craze prior to Tickle-Me Elmo and more varied
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
Popular on the Indian subcontinent as a component of masala in both green and black varieties, this spice is regularly sold as both seed and whole pod
What is cardamom?
The thirteenth (not eighth despite its cephalopodic title) installment of the Bond film franchise starring this Russian feminist punk band who would likely disapprove of the role of Bond girl
What is Octopussy Riot?
After seeing people walking around without masks you might be tempted to make a gesture some may consider this. Shakespeare came up with this term for something vulgar or shockingly repulsive.
What is obscene?
One of three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, in charge of such unconscious responses as urination, defecation, tear production, digestion, salivation, and sexual arousal
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
An eccentric prop comedian
Who is Carrot Top?
A type of brown sugar with large, crunchy grains, its namesake being the original moniker of its country of origin, Guyana
If the wicked queen had lived to have been charged with an attempt on Snow White's life she might implore mercy of the cops behind the glass by this incantation rather than her usual fishing for supernatural flattery
What is Two-Way Mirror, Mirror on the Wall?
Tired of this category? Maybe we should have provided you with a brief summary of it instead. Shakespeare would have told you to call it this
What is an overview?
This type of equation defines a group of quantities as functions of one or more independent variables
What is parametric?
Who is Christina Broccolini?
There's light brown or "golden" sugar, there's dark brown sugar, and there's this, the brown sugar with the highest molasses content, originating in India, but taking its English name from the corrupted Portuguese meaning "unrefined sugar"
What is muscovado sugar?
A ride-on used to manicure this Glendale, California cemetery whose notable interments include Michael Jackson and Lauren Bacall
What is a Forest Lawn Mower?