Our word “brunch” is a portmanteau of “breakfast” and “lunch”. 52 *Weekend occasion for avocado toast and mimosas : SUNDAY BRUNCH From this usage, “keister” appeared as a slang term for the buttocks in the early 1930s. It has been suggested that “keister” was then used as slang by pickpockets for the rear trouser pocket in which one might keep a wallet. 44 Keister : BUMīack in the early 1900s, a keister was a safe or a strongbox. The derivative term “penny loafer” arose in the late fifties or early sixties, although the exact etymology seems unclear. “Loafer” was originally a brand name introduced by Fortnum and Mason’s store in London. The loafer slip-on shoe dates back to 1939. The verb “to tong” means “to handle with tongs”. 36 Salad bar grabbers : TONGSĪ pair of tongs is a tool with a scissor-like hinge used to pick up things, like meat cooking on a barbecue grill or ice from an ice bucket. By the seventies, the phrase mainly referred to gay people shrugging off secrecy about their sexual orientation. 34 Openly gay : OUTīack in the 1950s, to come “out of the closet” was to admit to being an alcoholic. A young version of Boba Fett also appears in “Episode II: Attack of the Clones”. He appears in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” and in “Episode VI: Return of the Jedi”. 23 *Boba Fett’s occupation in “Star Wars” films : BOUNTY HUNTERīoba Fett is one of the principal bad guys in the “Star Wars” universe. The name reflects the discovery of the bay on which Rio sits, on New Year’s Day in 1502. “Rio de Janeiro” translates as “January River”. Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil (after São Paulo). This is partly driven by the horrendous traffic jams in São Paulo, but also by the wealthy having a very real fear of being kidnapped on the city’s streets. It is also the city with the highest number of helicopters in the world. The school was named after a Methodist Episcopal bishop called John Emory, who was very popular at the time of the school’s founding in 1836. 18 Prestigious Atlanta university : EMORYĮmory is a private school in Atlanta, Georgia with a focus on graduate research. The pseudostem is a false stem comprising rolled bases of leaves, and it can grow to 2 or 3 meters tall. The “trunk” of the banana plant is in fact a pseudostem. The banana is actually a berry, botanically speaking. 15 Like a yellow banana vis-à-vis a green one : RIPER That food might be delivered by car, bike or foot depending on the city and courier. For a delivery fee of a few bucks, users can order food from local restaurants using an app. Uber Eats is a food-delivery platform offered by ride-sharing service Uber. 14 Feature of an Uber ride … or an Uber Eats order : FARE The term was first used in WWI, although the British navy at that time preferred the expression “dazzle-painting” as it applied to the pattern painted on the hulls of ships. Our word “camouflage” (often abbreviated to “camo”) evolved directly from a Parisian slang term “camoufler” meaning “to disguise”. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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