From Screen to Stage
From Latin for "to write", it's to write or draw quickly & carelessly
What is scribble?
You going all the way to Nobu? I'm gonna walk over to my cupboard & eat this, the chunk white albacore kind
What is tuna?
Movements in this dance form include relevé (to rise) & sauté (jumping using both feet & landing that way)
What is ballet?
An update of "taking care of" this is "standing on" this, which Drake helped popularize
What is business?
Glossophobia:
This, especially in public
What is speaking?
2-word term for a legal authorization to inspect a premises
What is a search warrant?
As tempting as that A5 wagyu filet mignon looks, I think I'll stay home & make this sammy with a common first name in it
What is a sloppy joe?
Begun in the 1950s, this art movement used everyday objects like comic strips, road signs & (big hint!) soup cans
What is pop art?
It means to respond quickly & sharply to criticism, not to applaud in return
What is clap back?
Coulrophobia:
These performers & please don't send them in
What are clowns?
There's a flock animal in this adjective meaning showing embarrassment
What is sheepish?
Why get takeout when we have a perfectly good half-eaten Hass one of these in the fridge? Just put it on some toast
What is an avocado?
In 1965, 25,000 people joined the 50-mile march to Montgomery from this city, an iconic event in the civil rights movement
What is Selma?
This adjective that usually connotes evil means "really" or "very" in New England slang, as in "the Red Sox are ____ awesome"
What is wicked?
Chorophobia:
This activity
What is dancing?
As a verb, it means to make an extravagant purchase, perhaps leading to accusations of squandering
What is splurge?
Pay for water? Not when we have a Persian one of these gourds; it's 96% water & we can be fancy & put it in our tap water
What is a cucumber?
This Chinese exercise with flowing, rhythmic movements has forms such as parting the wild horse's mane & playing the lute
What is tai chi?
This 4-letter slang word for excellent actually goes back to the 1960s; some say its first letter stands for "pretty"
What is phat?
Samhainophobia:
This holiday
What is halloween?
Abrupt or disconnected, like a music performance style
What is staccato?
Maybe we use cheap scotch since we don't have kirsch to make this flaming cherry dessert
What is cherries jubilee?
In 1845 magazine editor John L. O'Sullivan wrote of this 2-word phrase regarding America's westward expansion
What is manifest destiny?
Akin to friends with benefits, this portmanteau word is an undefined & noncommittal romantic arrangement
What is a situationship?
Porphyrophobia:
This, literally, also the title of a 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
What is the color purple?