CORPORATE JARGON
One of the least-liked words from business jargon is this overused synonym for cooperation
SYNERGY
1953: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
MARILYN MONROE
Spanish for 'good bye'
ADIOS
Cat stuck in a tree? You may call one of these
A FIREFIGHTER
This feeling of being utterly forlorn has 2 sets of double S
HELPLESSNESS
This term for a geometric figure is from the Greek for five-cornered
PENTAGON
It's someone who reveals secrets or informs on others
TATTLETALE
In basketball this 5-letter word means to turn while keeping one foot on the floor; in business it means change direction
PIVOT
2006: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
JENNIFER HUDSON
An expression peculiar to a language or culture like a different kettle of fish
IDIOM
If your job involves a great deal of bureaucracy you're one of these colloquially
A PENCIL PUSHER
A medieval soldier's head covering or a steering wheel on a ship
A HELM
Alphabetically it's the first of the 5 Great Lakes
ERIE
Why you little one of these! a young cheeky & presumptuous person
WHIPPERSNAPPER
Cherry-picking is similar to plucking this meaning do easy tasks with the big rewards first; you reach for the higher stuff late
PLUCKING THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT
2005: Wildwood Flower & Jackson (with an assist from Joaquin Phoenix)
REESE WITHERSPOON
An assumed persona perhaps when undercover
ALIAS
This agent got you sprung from jail prior to trial; you were a no-show so he got a bounty hunter to chase you down
A BAIL BONDSMAN
Like pell-mell it's a hyphenated rhyming term for confusion
HELTER-SKELTER
Easy as 1-2-3 ABC was a No. 1 hit in 1970 for this group
THE JACKSON 5
From old words for one & all today it means disreputable or undesirable people
RIFF-RAFF
Sheryl Sandberg used this phrase as a book title; others use it to mean give the appearance of seeming interested
LEAN IN
2012: Cups a cappella with an actual cup
ANNA KENDRICK
Quotient is a synonym for this a proportional relationship between 2 quantities
RATIO
This final gatekeeper at a stadium or movie theater may tear off a stub for the patron
A TICKET TAKER
From the Japanese it's a small grill
HIBACHI
The 5 Olympic rings represent these:
CONTINENTS
Adjective meaning lacking all moral principles
UNSCRUPULOUS
I don't have this actually a measure of data transmission to take on that project
BANDWIDTH
2014: Witch's Lament written by Stephen Sondheim
MERYL STREEP
A brown pigment associated with old photos
SEPIA
On 1970s sitcoms Schneider & Bookman were building superintendents also known as these
MAINTENANCE MEN
This 11-letter word refers to Greek culture or language
HELLENISTIC
A 5-line poem or joke
A LIMERICK
Collective name for strategic measures taken by a nation to discourage hostile action by another
DETERRENCE