Boston Illegal
Desiring raises, the Boston teacher's union found out in 2007 that a proposed one of these was illegal
A strike
This term for love-themed works also refers to the group of languages derived from Latin
Romance
Something done or completed in a hurry, like my divorce from Britney Spears
Quickie
Seismology studies the seismic waves produced by these plate shifts
Earthquakes
"Magnum, P.I."
Hawaii
The Boston Port Bill, part of 1774's Intolerable Acts, wanted to recoup payment for the illegal destruction of this potable
tea
This type of work holding up human follies to humorous criticism was once divided into "gentle" or "indignant"
Satire
Having the quality of molasses
Sticky
In this branch of mineralogy, you learn all about precious stones: identifying them, cutting them, appraising them
gemology
"Friday Night Lights"
Texas
It's illegal in Southie for a gun club to allow its members to shoot at targets that resemble these
People (humans)
From the Latin for "shepherd", it's a literary work idealizing rural life
A pastoral
It's a temporary red mark on the skin from kissing (hee hee!)
A hickey
The origin of this -ology, the study of word origins, goes back to the Greek for "true word"
etymology
"Designing Women"
Georgia
If you put this big trash receptacle in an alley, it had better have a number issued by the commissioner of public works
A dumpster
It's an exalted verse poem dealing with a single dignified theme; Pindar & Keats were expert practitioners
An ode
Characterized by concealed difficulty; be careful!
2 similarly named -ologies: one studies the make-up of the universe; the other, the world of make-up
cosmology and cosmetology
"The Wire"
Maryland
Don't do this on a Boston sidewalk; it's illegal due to the archaic notion that the act was a way to transmit tuberculosis
Spit
3-word French term for a novel with thinly disguised depictions of real people
roman a clef
Cool cocktail of gin, lime juice & club soda
a rickey
K-State has a Dept. of this, from Greek for "movement"; it deals with the anatomy & mechanics of body movement
kinesiology
"Grimm"
Oregon