| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | RECENT SLANG $200: Also a sound that comes from a faucet, this word now describes your expert fashion sense drip |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | RECENT SLANG $400: Wanna clap back at someone born between 1946 & 1964? Use this 2-word expression Okay, Boomer |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | RECENT SLANG $600: Waving this neutral item indicates a quirky trait that is neither good nor bad but might give you pause in considering a love interest a beige flag |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | RECENT SLANG $800: If you're looking for instruction on how to be a better you, ask for an LPT, short for this; there's a subreddit with tons of them! life pro tip |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | RECENT SLANG $1000: Something celestial bodies tend to do, this was deemed by Men's Health the "new ghosting", i.e. no contact but following online orbiting |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $200: In Côte d'Ivoire French slang, mon pain, literally "my" this, means "my boyfriend" bread |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $400: Some French people hold une clope, one of these, between 2 fingers outside a bistro as they contemplate life's meaning a cigarette |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $600: Tomber dans les pommes is a phrase for passing out but literally means "falling in" a bed of this fruit apples |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $800: BCBG translates to "good style, good class", "good" being this "B" word in French bon |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $1000: Unique to Québécois slang & meaning "get ready!" is attache ta tuque; a tuque is one of these a hat |
| #9118, aired 2024-06-05 | CITY SLANG $400: In "Mickey Blue Eyes", James Caan teaches Hugh Grant how to say this NYC slang of squished-together words that can mean "nevermind" fuhgeddaboudit |
| #9118, aired 2024-06-05 | CITY SLANG $800: Often said to hail from ATL, this slang for stylish clothes sounds like a verb for what a leaky faucet does drip |
| #9118, aired 2024-06-05 | CITY SLANG $1200: Order a Coney Island at Detroit's finer eateries & you'll get this a chili dog |
| #9118, aired 2024-06-05 | CITY SLANG $1600: In 2023 Lil Wayne revealed that "Ya heard me?" is one of his favorite slang terms from this city of his birth New Orleans |
| #9118, aired 2024-06-05 | CITY SLANG $2000: A homophone of a first name but probably derived from "joint", it's Philly slang for almost any person, place or thing jawn |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INTERNET SLANG $200: Slang like "fanum tax" & "skibidi" baffle many; it's associated with this generation, a name that unfittingly follows Gen Z Gen Alpha |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INTERNET SLANG $400: In classical music an op. is an opus, but over on Reddit, an O.P. is an abbreviation for this the original poster |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INTERNET SLANG $600: If someone posts the skull emoji, it doesn't mean the user is dead inside, just dead from too much of this joyful activity laughing |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INTERNET SLANG $800: NPC, short for this, can be a diss for someone you regard as one of the sheeple non-player character |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INTERNET SLANG $1000: It's a portmanteau word for someone who makes internet content with an animal, like with Esther the Wonder Pig on Instaham petfluencers |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $400: This word used in the 1920s for cash also means a foul in billiards where the cue ball is pocketed scratch |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $800: This shortened word precedes "check" in a term used on social media for reviewing one's attire before hitting the town fit |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $1200: Oxford's word of the year for 2023, it's what someone has if they spit fire game to the hunks or the honeys rizz |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $1600: A part of an animal is in this 1920s slang word for a dancer, someone ungulating & undulating to that hot jazz a hoofer |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $2000: Showing your significant other's hands but no face on the IG is known as this 2-word term, like a preview for a new product a soft launch |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $200: Many in the military prefer "bird", not "chopper", for this type of transport helicopter |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $400: A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II an aircraft carrier |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $600: These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I. a Joe |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $800: This rifle accessory is a "cheese toaster" & takes its real name from a French town where it was once made bayonet |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $1000: This title of a 2012 film is military slang for "so late it's early" Zero Dark Thirty |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $200: Béarnaise or A.1., for example sauce |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $400: Lewis Carroll coined chortle by combining chuckle & this word snort |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $600: On film, Turner's canine partner Hooch |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $800: It can come before "sander" & after "Bible" belt |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $1000: Most Hawaiian Punch labels say, "contains 3%" this juice |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $200: This 3-letter word can refer to a state of intoxication, making a person incandescent lit |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $400: Could you be any more this 5-letter word that means mainstream, like pumpkin spice lattes basic |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $600: It's not just for brides! A man getting married can turn into this portmanteau monster a groomzilla |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $800: Also the title of a song by DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign & Ashanti, these 2 words may sound rude but just mean "I understand" say less |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $1000: Somewhat akin to down-low is this other "low" which can precede "goated when X is the vibe" lowkey |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | SLANG EN ESPAÑOL $200: This Spanish word for father can also mean "cool!" when it comes after "que" in a phrase padre |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | SLANG EN ESPAÑOL $400: In Venezuela enratonado, "moused", means you're in this condition after a night of too much rum & cocuy hungover |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | SLANG EN ESPAÑOL $600: Ay! Fans of Bart Simpson know this interjection is used to express surprise or dismay Ay, caramba! |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | SLANG EN ESPAÑOL $800: Don't act too high & mighty in Mexico or you might be called a "fresa", which literally translates to this fruit a strawberry |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | SLANG EN ESPAÑOL $1000: "The chabón abides" in Argentina, as el chabón is a local equivalent of this--it's also a nickname for Pope Francis dude |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $200: Sugary, squishy Easter candy, more recently it's become popular for one's friends & followers Peeps |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $400: Back in the day a punch in the face was this type of sandwich knuckle |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $600: Popularized in a Vine video, "on" this "f"ive-letter word means stylish or perfectly executed fleek |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $800: A blend of 2 words & first used in the '90s, it means to calm down, take it easy chillax |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | SLANG $2,200 (Daily Double): Keep some tissues handy because the highest seats in a stadium are called these the nosebleeds |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $400: This 7-letter adjective means both dehydrated & too eager for approval thirsty |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $800: The name of this Italian fashion house means stylish or all is well Gucci |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $1200: A drama queen might be described with this 3-letter word, also a music genre emo |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $1600: It sounds like it means "stolen", but this 8-letter compliment means your style is fierce snatched |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $2000: "Y" is for this 4-letter word, which can mean "to throw" or be an interjection of joy yeet |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | RECENT SLANG $200: If a teen has a Finsta, it's a secret account on this social media platform, hidden from parents Instagram |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | RECENT SLANG $400: To stop all communication, particularly with a romantic partner, often suddenly & without explanation ghosting |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | RECENT SLANG $600: Deriving from an Eminem song, this first name of an overzealous fan also became a verb Stan |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | RECENT SLANG $800: Something hot can be this or straight this--it all sounds temperature related but isn't fire |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | RECENT SLANG $1000: Sounds like a mode of transport, but this word can mean fan-based support for the romantic pairing of fictional characters shipping |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | OLD SLANG $200: A young man living alone was "batching", from this noun a bachelor |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | OLD SLANG $400: Barnacles & blinkers were these vision aids glasses |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | OLD SLANG $600: If someone said you had beetle-crushers, it meant big these body parts feet |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | OLD SLANG $800: A heavy drinker with a red nose was this naval bigwig "of the red" an admiral |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | OLD SLANG $1000: From a character in popular entertainment, a Peck's this was a man who didn't obey social norms Peck's Bad Boy |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $400: Benjamins are slang for these hundred dollar bills |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $800: Maybe from their shells being used as currency, these bivalves are slang for money clams |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $1200: From the color of the ink on one side, paper notes during the Civil War were called these greenbacks |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $1600: An item might cost you a few of these basic monetary units of Israel, literally or figuratively shekels |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | MONEY SLANG $2000: Slang for a 10-dollar bill, it's also an alternate name for a frame on which to cut wood a sawbuck |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | POLITICAL SLANG $200: Gucci Gulch refers to the section of K Street home to well-financed offices of these people who ask Congress for stuff lobbyists |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | POLITICAL SLANG $400: A "Full Ginsburg", named for lawyer William, is appearing on all 5 news shows on this day of the week Sunday |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | POLITICAL SLANG $600: Unlucky journalists who can't get a seat on this craft while covering the president may be relegated to a zoo plane Air Force One |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | POLITICAL SLANG $1,000 (Daily Double): Astroturfing describes artificial attempts to create the appearance of this 2-word kind of political campaigning grass roots |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | POLITICAL SLANG $1000: A clothing item not in daily fashion for many years, they can carry downballot candidates to victory coattails |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $200: You aren't stubborn--you just think the market is going to rise if you are this animal-ish bull |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $400: In terms of clusters of hedge funds, Lower Hedgistan is in Manhattan & Upper Hedgistan is in Greenwich in this state Connecticut |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $600: The VIX, or this index, is also known as the "fear index" because it's a barometer of the risk in the market volatility |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $800: Traders use yard, short for "milliard" , to mean this very large number billion |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $1000: This dark fowl is a term for a highly improbable but possible event, like the 2008 financial crisis a black swan |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SHORTENED SLANG $200: It rhymes with vacay & means a vacay where you don't leave town staycay |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SHORTENED SLANG $400: In an interview in 2020, Hillary Clinton had some thoughts on Senator Sanders' "online Bernie" these Bros |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SHORTENED SLANG $600: It's a 4-letter shortened way to say "very apparent" obvy |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SHORTENED SLANG $800: Take an adjective for theater that's serious & artistic-minded, cut it in half & you get this word, as MC Hammer knows legit |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SHORTENED SLANG $1000: Merriam-Webster says this word for something that gives you great ideas follows in the footsteps of "convo" & "rando" inspo |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | SLANG TERMS $400: To "make out like" this, meaning to do well, may refer not to a robber but to slang for a slot machine a bandit |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | SLANG TERMS $800: Alliteration abounds in this 3-word phrase, a very uncomplicated game where you ring someone's doorbell & run away ding dong ditch |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | SLANG TERMS $1200: To garner extremely high marks in a school examination is more slangily to do this 3-letter word to "that test" ace |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | SLANG TERMS $1600: Like the feedback type, in a "compulsion" this, you endlessly cycle through checking your social media apps a loop |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | SLANG TERMS $2000: This numerical term for the first person to catch a certain disease now can mean the first person affected by something patient zero |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CRIMINAL SLANG $800: Before the days of public relations firms, mouthpiece was slang for this professional a lawyer |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CRIMINAL SLANG $1600: This high-flying verb means to smuggle a letter into prison or to write a bogus check outside of prison kite |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CRIMINAL SLANG $2,000 (Daily Double): Fans of "Law & Order" know this adjective meaning previous can be a noun meaning a previous arrest or conviction prior |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CRIMINAL SLANG $2000: A pun on a vacation resort company's name, this is slang for a cushy federal prison for white-collar criminals Club Fed |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | MILITARY JARGON & SLANG $200: The "Band-Aid" is Vietnam-era slang for this important member of a combat unit a medic |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | MILITARY JARGON & SLANG $400: "Chest candy" means these medals |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | MILITARY JARGON & SLANG $600: Onboard a U.S. Navy ship, "pollywogs" turn into "shellbacks" when they've crossed this geographic line the equator |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | MILITARY JARGON & SLANG $800: Common term referring to the means by which a significant other breaks up with a service member by mail a Dear John letter |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | MILITARY JARGON & SLANG $1000: Ejecting from an aircraft & using a parachute is called "hitting" this fabric the silk |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $200: Gimme a meatball "u-boat", extra provolone a sub |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $400: Table 5 wants a "rotary" or a "glee", hold the Bacon a club |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $600: A "Dumas count" & a root beer, & hurry it up Monte Cristo |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $800: "Brother of Joseph" in the Bible a Reuben |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $1000: "Mayflower colonist", lean turkey, easy cranberry Pilgrim |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $200: There were a number of slang words for this weapon, including a convincer & a roscoe a gun |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $400: Pay off a debt with a $100 bill & you've parted with one of these letter-word hyphenations a C-note |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $600: The 1930s were a time of poverty, & dog soup meant a glass of this water |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $800: In the 1930s a canary referred to a female one of these--Mildred Bailey, perhaps a (jazz) singer |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 1930s SLANG $1000: A convicted murderer might have to take the hotsquat, in this device the electric chair |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | WORLD WAR II SLANG $400: A gravel agitator was one of these foot soldiers an infantryman |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | WORLD WAR II SLANG $800: A devil's piano was one of these automatic weapons a machine gun |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | WORLD WAR II SLANG $1200: Life jackets were called by this star's name, to her delight Mae West |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | WORLD WAR II SLANG $1600: A tin fish was a torpedo; an ash can was this other anti-submarine weapon a depth charge |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | WORLD WAR II SLANG $2000: Named for a series of popular drawings, an hourglass-shaped radio transmitter was one of these alliterative "girls" Gibson girls |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AULD BRITISH SLANG $400: To be yoked (for people, not oxen) meant to be in this condition married |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AULD BRITISH SLANG $800: Put a feather in your cap & name this club of fashionable gentlemen, whose name became slang for fops & dandies the Macaroni Club |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AULD BRITISH SLANG $1200: Now meaning the smallest member of a litter, it once was used to refer to a crabby old lady the runt |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AULD BRITISH SLANG $1600: Owing to the unknown substances they were stuffed with, bags of mystery were these breakfast items sausages |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AULD BRITISH SLANG $2000: A whooper-up was an inferior, hard-on-the-ears one of these a singer |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | INTERNET SLANG $200: "Squad" these aren't about scoring in soccer; they're things you hope your group accomplishes goals |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | INTERNET SLANG $400: Someone who asks you for a D.M. on Facebook doesn't want a dungeon master but rather contact via this direct message |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | INTERNET SLANG $600: A complete disaster is known as this, which the man here is dealing with a Dumpster fire |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | INTERNET SLANG $800: When disbelief abounds & you think there may be deceits, you say "show me" these, rhyming with deceits receipts |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | INTERNET SLANG $1000: A billion-dollar tech company or an ideal mate is this mythic creature, like Charlie of Candy Mountain fame a unicorn |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | AUSSIE SLANG $200: When you throw a shrimp here, make sure it's not the doll a barbie |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | AUSSIE SLANG $400: To earn a living is to "make a" this (minus the pro quo) a quid |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | AUSSIE SLANG $600: A stubby is a small bottle of this; cheers! beer |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | AUSSIE SLANG $1000: Tommy Roe might know that this "Sweet Little" name is Aussie slang for a girl or woman Sheila |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | AUSSIE SLANG $4,000 (Daily Double): Jumbuck is an Aussie term for this animal, of which there are a lot Down Under sheep |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | 1960s SLANG $400: Anyone uncool was this rectangular polygon, dig? square |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | 1960s SLANG $800: It wasn't just something to write on, it was a place to crash-- you know, to sleep a pad |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | 1960s SLANG $1200: Meaning falling off a surfboard or other similar disaster, it was also the title of the Surfaris' 1963 Top 10 hit wipeout |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | 1960s SLANG $1600: Your "treads" were your shoes; insert 1 letter to get these, your clothes, man threads |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | 1960s SLANG $2000: Bummer-- they closed the last "groove yard", this type of store, in my neighborhood a record store |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $200: Bearnaise or A.1., for example sauce |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $400: Lewis Carroll coined chortle by combining chuckle & this word snort |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $600: On film, Turner's canine partner Hooch |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $800: It can come before "sander" & after "Bible" belt |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $1000: The label of Hawaiian Punch says, "Contains 5%" this juice |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | MONEY SLANG $600: A few male deer bucks |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | MONEY SLANG $800: I can think of a thousand ways to say it means stately or majestic grand |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | MONEY SLANG $1000: To pocket the cue ball scratch |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | VIDEO GAME SLANG $600: NPC stands for this, an avatar not controlled by a human a non-player character |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | VIDEO GAME SLANG $800: Some games have LFG, "looking for group"; in "Lord of the Rings Online", it's LFF, "looking for" this fellowship |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | VIDEO GAME SLANG $1000: To defeat an enemy with overwhelming numbers is to do this, a term from "StarCraft" to Zerg rush |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | SLANG $200: 511 means this, TMI for short too much information |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | SLANG $400: The OED defines it as sending a suggestive message or image, usually by mobile phone; don't do it sexting |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | SLANG $600: It's the slang term 8 letters total, for having your fingernails & toenails done at the same time a mani-pedi |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | SLANG $800: It sounds like a bunch of bags for carrying stuff, but as a slang word, it means completely totes |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | SLANG $1000: This phrase once referred to food for soldiers; now it refers to someone in disarray but fascinating hot mess |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | 1920s SLANG $200: "Bangtails" were these critters--got a hot tip on one? racehorses |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | 1920s SLANG $400: A "wooden kimono" was to be avoided, considering it was this object a coffin |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | 1920s SLANG $600: If you couldn't find your bootlegger, he might have been "under glass" prison |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | 1920s SLANG $800: Something that was the best could have been the ant's pants or this other insect rhyme the bee's knees |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | 1920s SLANG $1000: This phrase for a guy checking out girls at a soda fountain later became a Matt Dillon movie title drugstore cowboy |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | WORLD WAR I SLANG $400: When kids accuse each other of having these, they don't know that WWI sanitation popularized it as slang for lice cooties |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | WORLD WAR I SLANG $1,000 (Daily Double): The German gun "Long Max" was not as famous as this alliterative Krupp product Big Bertha |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | WORLD WAR I SLANG $2000: A German verb meaning "punish", by war's end it meant attacking with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft strafe |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | SLANG $200: This word for an undead person also refers to a computer that's been taken over to send spam a zombie |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | SLANG $400: This rolled oats breakfast food stereotypically eaten by hippies is used as an adjective for all-natural types granola |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | SLANG $600: The act of shopping to improve one's mood is known as this 6-letter type of therapy retail |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | SLANG $800: Homer Simpson asked Bart & Lisa if they wanted to go to Blockoland; their response: this 3-letter word of indifference meh |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | SLANG $1000: If you say "let's blow" this frozen treat establishment, be aware that you're using a Unilever trademark Popsicle stand (Popsicle joint accepted) |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IT'S SLANG-TASTIC $200: "Explosive" way to jump into a picture right before it's taken photobomb |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IT'S SLANG-TASTIC $400: This 4-letter word for a sharp sound means an insult; put "oh" before it & you're basically saying, "Oh no, he didn't!" snap |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IT'S SLANG-TASTIC $600: Uh-oh! Guess what day it is?! Mikemikemikemikemike! It's Wednesday, aka this protuberance day! hump day |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IT'S SLANG-TASTIC $800: One term for talking trash about someone is "throwing" this, like a big elm tree might do shade |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | IT'S SLANG-TASTIC $1000: Sea life term for making romantic overtures online using false ID; you've been... catfished |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $200: Everything's OK, it's this name, like boxing's LaMotta jake |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $400: As a verb it's to become puffy, like your eye after getting hit; as an adjective, it's just nifty! swell |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $600: Hey, youse mugs! A raspberry ain't no fruit, it's a sound, this borough's "cheer" Bronx |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $800: This rhyming phrase of the '20s for something good referred to a honey producer's body parts the bee's knees |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | NOT-SO-CURRENT SLANG $1000: Slang for the stomach, it's also a geographic region that's a principal source of grain supply a bread basket |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | INTERNET SLANG $200: A Spanish speaker might text his amigo "ADM" or "ay Dios mio", this in English oh my God |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | INTERNET SLANG $400: Someone trying to get your goat is one of these, just like the foe of the Billy Goats Gruff a troll |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | INTERNET SLANG $600: RDV is a cool way to type this word for a meeting rendezvous |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | INTERNET SLANG $800: If you're gaming with a pal online & he doesn't respond, it may be a case of "LD", this "dead" link |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | INTERNET SLANG $1000: Eminem knows that if someone calls you a "stan" it's not a compliment, it means you're one of these an obsessive fan (or stalker fan) |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | SLANG $400: If someone calls you "cray", he has left this letter out of another word Z |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | SLANG $800: "Skrilla" refers to this; the DJ Skrillex must have tons of it money |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | SLANG $1200: Described by urbandictionary.com as "carpe diem for stupid people", YOLO is actually short for this you only live once |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | SLANG $1600: In "Mean Streets" a fight starts over this 4-letter term for a crude northeastern guy, though no one understands it mook |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | SLANG $2000: Harris Wittels' book was titled this oxymoron: "The Art of False Modesty" Humblebrag |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $400: From the Latin for "life", vittles meant this food |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $800: A picket was someone on this duty guard duty |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $1200: A Confederate soldier could be called by this first name whether he was "marching home" or not Johnny |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $1600: A Union soldier could be called this, now found before "Trade Commission" Federal |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $2000: Now it's slang for any bad situation; back then it was a foraging soldier a bummer |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | PRODUCE SOME SLANG $200: A Bronx cheer is also known as this fruit raspberry |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | PRODUCE SOME SLANG $400: A New Zealander kiwi |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | PRODUCE SOME SLANG $600: This disparaging term is used for a small country whose economy is mostly dependent on its fruit exports banana republic |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | PRODUCE SOME SLANG $800: This tropical fruit is slang for a grenade because of its similar shape & crisscross pattern pineapple |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | PRODUCE SOME SLANG $1000: This 2-word term for pretended disdain for what you can't have is from Aesop's fable about a fox in a vineyard sour grapes |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | SLANG-UAGE $400: This term for a piece of sporting equipment protecting your teeth also refers to a criminal lawyer a mouthpiece |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | SLANG-UAGE $800: A "Futurama" robot, or slang for a drinking spree bender |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | SLANG-UAGE $1200: This 3-word term for a restrictive device is used facetiously (we hope) when referring to one's wife a ball and chain |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | SLANG-UAGE $1600: All aboard this transport toting a topping for turkey--it means an easy, lucrative job the gravy train |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | SLANG-UAGE $2000: "Deadly" 2-word alliterative term for a strategy used to prevent a corporate takeover a poison pill |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | INTERNET SLANG $200: If you want privacy, do it "BCD", behind these behind closed doors |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | INTERNET SLANG $400: "CWOT" stands for a "complete" one of these waste of time |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | INTERNET SLANG $600: "EBCAK" is "error between chair and" this keyboard |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | INTERNET SLANG $800: You said it with "TWITA"--"that's what" these 3 words i'm talking about |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | INTERNET SLANG $1000: A variation on "LOL" is "LQTM"--laughing this way quietly to myself |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: A mugger might say, hand over your "sausage & mash", this cash |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: A "pig's ear" is this bar offering a beer |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $600: A "tea leaf" is one of these & might wind up in a "flowery dell", a prison cell a thief |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $800: Your "tit for tat" is this article of clothing a hat |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $1000: Almost like Cockney rhyming slang itself, something communicated "a la mode" is done in this code |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG $400: It can mean "failed at flight school" or "lacking color" wash out |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG $800: A full colonel is sometimes called a bird colonel because he has these insignias eagles |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG $1200: This term for an unidentified aircraft or missile is also used on the golf course a bogey |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG $1600: Seen here is the patch of the infantry division nicknamed this the Big Red One |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG $2000: "Blue on blue" refers to one of these unfortunate alliterative occurrences friendly fire |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | SLANG $200: The Obamas have employed this alternative to a high five the fist bump |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | SLANG $400: This 2-word warning lets you know that crucial plot elements of a book or movie are about to be given away a spoiler alert |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | SLANG $600: Phobar is an acronym indicating that this Adobe software has been used so that an image is "beyond all recognition" Photoshop |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | SLANG $800: A social one of these reptiles changes the way he interacts depending on the people he's around chameleon |
| #6332, aired 2012-03-13 | SLANG $1000: To describe a fashion don't, "Project Runway" winner Christian Siriano used the catchphrase "hot" this a hot mess |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $200: Grease from fried strips of this was the basis of a mealy mush known as coosh bacon |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $800: A thirsty soldier might ask for apple lady, the "hard" type of this cider |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $1000: Troops from Alabama were known by this colorful term, also the state bird Yellowhammers |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MONEY SLANG $200: We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic grand |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MONEY SLANG $400: Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough bread |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MONEY SLANG $800: You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull a fin |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MONEY SLANG $1000: When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized the Benjamins |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | MONEY SLANG $2,200 (Daily Double): The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate a clam |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | MILITARY SLANG $200: This 2-word term, also a movie title, is slang for Navy Fighter Weapons School Top Gun |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | MILITARY SLANG $400: "Angels" is slang for this measurement of height, in thousands of feet altitude |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | MILITARY SLANG $800: A "polliwog" has never crossed this geographic line while aboard ship the equator |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | MILITARY SLANG $1000: A "ROAD" scholar is "retired on" this (coasting until actual retirement) active duty |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | MILITARY SLANG $1,300 (Daily Double): "SAR" stands for this, the effort to extract a downed aircrew in a combat zone search and rescue |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | ONLINE SLANG $200: BBS can refer to a bulletin board system or this phrase meaning you'll return shortly be back soon |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | ONLINE SLANG $400: TTFN is short for this double talk phrase "for now" ta-ta |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | ONLINE SLANG $600: An e-mail bearing the ominous acronym NSFW means that the racy attachment is this not safe for work (not suitable for work accepted) |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | ONLINE SLANG $800: Chatting at your desk on Instant Messenger? Type AFK into the window to tell them you're "away from" this the keyboard |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | ONLINE SLANG $1000: IANARS is a humorous caveat to your audience that you're not one of these, like Wernher von Braun a rocket scientist |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG $200: A "baby catcher" is another term for this type of doctor an obstetrician |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG $400: A "Jack Bauer" is a doc who is still up & working after this many hours 24 |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG $600: If you have "acute lead poisoning: air-conditioned" you have multiple these gun-shot wounds |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG $800: A "banana" is a patient with this bile-processing malady also known as icterus jaundice |
| #5528, aired 2008-09-24 | HUMOROUS MEDICAL SLANG $1000: If you are described as 45C, your doc is saying that you're one of these short of a full load a chromosome |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | SLANG $200: In diner slang, apple pie is "eve with a lid" & to "put a hat on" her means to add this ice cream |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | SLANG $400: Slang for "to kiss" or "to make out" is this external body part neck |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | SLANG $600: "Cabbage" & this other basic salad ingredient are both slang for paper money lettuce |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | SLANG $1000: This slang term can refer to a peanut, a yokel or a native of Georgia goober |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | SLANG $2,000 (Daily Double): It can mean "gossip" or the means by which gossip travels, as in the title of a Marvin Gaye hit grapevine |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | HARDBOILED SLANG $400: Jimmy "3 fingers" was hauled away in bracelets--slang for these handcuffs |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | HARDBOILED SLANG $800: This 4-letter word can refer to a gangster's mistress whether or not it's preceded by "gun" moll |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | HARDBOILED SLANG $1200: This slang term may be used of the cops or a man's very short haircut fuzz |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | HARDBOILED SLANG $1600: John Cusack & Anjelica Huston were these title small-time hustlers in a 1990 film grifters |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | HARDBOILED SLANG $2000: This slang word for a person who passes forged checks was also one of Hitler's nicknames a paperhanger |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: This bird is called a "bow & arrow" (perhaps because of the way it killed Cock Robin) a sparrow |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: Use your band of hope--soap--to wash these, your "German bands" your hands |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $600: If I ask for some "you & me", I'm not hitting on you, I merely want this, especially in the afternoon tea |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $800: "Sky rockets" are these; hope you've got some "bees & honey" in yours your pockets |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $1000: This part of your body is your "Chevy Chase" (Chevy Chase wouldn't want to fall on his) your face |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | CIRCUS SLANG $400: This U.S. circus is so prominent that circus folks call it "Big Bertha" Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | CIRCUS SLANG $800: The rubberman is the person who sells these souvenirs balloons |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | CIRCUS SLANG $1200: It's the "bovine" term for a circus elephant, whether it's male or female a bull |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | CIRCUS SLANG $1600: Candy vendors are known as these, allegedly because a notable early one was a meat carver, too a butcher |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | CIRCUS SLANG $2000: Term for any dessert served in the cookhouse, or the kind of "honeymoon" Debbie Reynolds sang about in 1950 Abba Dabba |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG $400: Male rabbits bucks |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG $800: A soft elastic mixture of water & flour dough |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG $1,100 (Daily Double): Mollusks of the class Pelecypoda clams |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG $1200: Golfer Andy & law man Roy Bean |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG $2000: Ossicles bones |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: If some bugger sticks his "plates of meat" in your face, be prepared to peruse these appendages feet |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: Oi, mate, this meal is your "tommy tucker" supper |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $600: Order a "pig's ear" if you want this beverage, old chap a beer |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $800: If a holdup man demands your "sausage & mash" be prepared to give him this your cash |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $1000: If Prince Charles wants to put you in his "jam jar", don't worry; it's one of these a car |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | SLANG $400: Wifebeater is a controversial slang term for this ribbed white item of apparel tank top (sleeveless undershirt accepted) |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | SLANG $800: This kind of fruit is a Bronx cheer a raspberry |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | SLANG $1200: This slang term for a fool or dolt is also the name of one of Archie's Riverdale friends Jughead |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | SLANG $1600: A university seminar on slang revealed that an unwelcome follower is known as a hanging this chad |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | SLANG $2000: From the Latin for "duchy", it's slang for money or for a show ticket ducat |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | SLANG $400: To bend the elbow is to indulge in this activity drink |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | SLANG $800: '90s slang for an attractive woman, like the Archie Comics blonde of that name Betty |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | SLANG $1200: To get something on credit is to get it "on" this part of a shirt where debts were once jotted down on the cuff |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | SLANG $1600: In the U.S. it refers to an old man, but in Britain it's just a guy, especially one like Black Sabbath's Mr. Butler geezer |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | SLANG $2000: This 19th century slang term for dollars may have been influenced by the French "Napoleon" simoleons |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | SLANG $400: A shiv is this type of weapon knife |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | SLANG $800: This British term for a police spy or informer sounds like it's related to drugs, but it dates from the mid-19th C. narc |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | SLANG $1200: Often following "head", this term for someone in charge comes from the Japanese for "squad leader" honcho |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | SLANG $1600: If you hang a Ralph or hang a Louie, you're not dispensing justice but doing this making a turn (left or right) |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | SLANG $2000: An equine extremity is part of this old-timey slang word for a dancer hoofer |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | SLANG $200: In diner slang, "without moo" means without this no milk |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | SLANG $400: Derived from the word bimbo, it's the male equivalent of a bimbo himbo |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | SLANG $600: In baseball, dancer is slang for this type of pitch the knuckleball |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | SLANG $800: (Sofia "rocks" the clue.) In rock-climbing slang, to fall hard to the ground is to do this, also part of a volcano. Aaaah! crater |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | SLANG $1000: To be compared to a work
by this artist, like the one seen here, is an insult; it means you look better from a distance Monet |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | MONEY SLANG $100: Cheap way off a rodeo bronco buck |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | MONEY SLANG $200: No "Wonder" you're on a "roll" -- you're not a "loaf"er & you're earning a lot of this bread (or dough) |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | MONEY SLANG $300: If you have the itch to start a business "from" it, you'll certainly need some of it scratch |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | MONEY SLANG $400: Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la do-re-mi |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | MONEY SLANG $500: 2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch chicken feed |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $100: The name of this nursery rhyme pair is Cockney rhyming slang for a hill Jack & Jill |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: This relative is your currant bun Son |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $300: You might sit in your lion's lair -- chair -- while reading your linen draper -- this Newspaper |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION SLANG $100: You auto know a ragtop is one of these Convertible |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION SLANG $200: Slang for a ship, it's what you'll find a nursery rhyme trio sailing in Tub |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION SLANG $300: Rhyme time term for a huge 18-wheeler Big rig |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION SLANG $400: It's not madness, a reefer is this type of railroad car Refrigerator car |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION SLANG $1,000 (Daily Double): An eggbeater is one of these Helicopter |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $100: At night, you should get plenty of bo peep -- this sleep |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: Whether or not they're knobby, these body parts are your biscuits & cheese knees |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $300: It may be the staff of life, but to a Cockney it's Uncle Fred bread |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: Isle of Wight means this, so if you buzz in with a correct response, I'll say it right |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $500: Cockneys refer to these as April showers -- makes sense flowers |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $100: This person is your trouble and strife -- though it might not be wise to call her that Wife |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: Sausage and mash is this, & no one ever seems to have enough of it money (cash) |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $300: A weasel and stoat is one of these, even if it isn't made from weasel or stoat a coat |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: This liquor is a fine and dandy, & that's fine and dandy with me brandy |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $500: It's what your Lucy locket is -- Lucy lost hers, by the way Pocket |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $100: Graybacks were Southern soldiers; greenbacks were this Money/dollars |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $200: Hornets were these, maybe from a pepperbox pistol Bullets |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $300: If you'd done a lot or had a rough experience, you'd "been through" this, perhaps a cotton one the mill |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $500: An Arkansas toothpick was a large one of these Bowie knife |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $800 (Daily Double): This term for "Hurrah!" or "Yeah!" was popular years later with Teddy Roosevelt "Bully!" |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $100: It's a dickory dock, whether or not a mouse runs up it Clock |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: Ask a Cockney barber for a dig in the grave & he should give you one of these Shave |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $300: It's what a Mother Hubbard is; hers was bare by the way cupboard |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: We bet Camus knew this kind of person is a Glasgow Ranger Stranger |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $500: Cockneys use the name of this Dickens title character as rhyming slang for a judge Barnaby Rudge |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $100: This relative is your skin and blister Sister |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $200: Ding-a-ling! It's your dog and bone telephone |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $300: When I run out of bees and honey -- money -- I visit the iron tank -- this place Bank |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $400: This garment is your uncle Bert -- don't lose it Shirt |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG $500: We hope you never weep into your weeping willow -- this Pillow |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE SLANG $100: Oil-checking device that's used as slang for a stupid person dipstick |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE SLANG $200: Something that doesn't require much use of your gray matter is a "no" this brainer |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE SLANG $300: They're referred to as "da 'rents", or "rentals" parents |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE SLANG $400: If you do it with "a dime" you inform on someone drop a dime |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE SLANG $500: Hit someone "on his hip" & you've sent him a message this way on his pager |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $200: Once meaning to swindle, in the '60s it became a type of handshake, so "gimme some" Skin |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $400: To a '20s flapper or a '90s rapper, this stuff is called "green" Money |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $600: A shmatte in Yiddish, it meant "to dance" early in the century & "to make fun of" in the '20s & '90s Rag |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $800: Decades earlier, Bill & Ted would have said "Mustard!" instead of this superlative "Excellent!" |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $1000: Its change of meaning over the century from "wealthy" to "cool" also came with a change of "F" to "PH" Phat |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | SLANG $100: If you're nervous, you can be said to have "ants" here your pants |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | SLANG $200: This device is called the boob tube or the idiot box—except when "Jeopardy!" is on, of course television |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | SLANG $300: Someone who flatters is a "polisher" of this fruit an apple |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | SLANG $400: An iceman is a thief who steals these diamonds |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | SLANG $500: Amount of money known as half a yard $50 |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | SLANG $100: Happy hunting ground is slang for this afterlife locale heaven |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | SLANG $200: A conjecture is "a shot in" this the dark |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | SLANG $300: Kiwi is slang for someone from this country New Zealand |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | SLANG $400: This is the big sleep or the big chill death |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | SLANG $500: Rocks for jocks is slang for an introductory college course in this subject geology |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $100: Beverage referred to as battery acid, blackout & paint remover coffee |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $200: These have been called "chest hardware" medals |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $300: A GI Jesus is a chaplain & a jumping Jesus is a chaplain in this unit paratroopers |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $400: These huge naval ships have been referred to as bird boats aircraft carriers |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $500: Army men called theirs Li'l Abners & the WACs called the ones issued them gruesome twosomes shoes |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | SLANG $100: This type of movie is sometimes referred to as an oater a Western |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | SLANG $200: 2-word phrase for a date on which both parties pay their own expenses a Dutch treat |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | SLANG $300: This 3-letter phrase meaning that things are favorable was popularized by the U.S. astronauts A-OK |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | SLANG $400: Term for eggs fried on one side only so that the yolk remains soft Sunny side up |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | SLANG $1,000 (Daily Double): Due to its location near the Potomac River, this Cabinet department is called "Foggy Bottom" the Department of State |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | SLANG $100: Written on the envelope of a love letter, SWAK stands for this sealed with a kiss |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | SLANG $200: Handle & moniker are slang words for this name |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | SLANG $300: If you're a chic dresser, you're this kind of "horse" a clothes horse |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | SLANG $400: This U.S. cabinet department is called Foggy Bottom the State Department |
| #1772, aired 1992-04-21 | SLANG $500: This Mexican city is often referred to as TJ Tijuana |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RHYMING SLANG $100: A Cockney gent might refer to her as his "trouble & strife" his wife |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RHYMING SLANG $200: "Tit for tat" is this, but keep it under yours your hat |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RHYMING SLANG $300: Put a quid in your "sky rocket" & you've inserted it here your pocket |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RHYMING SLANG $400: "Snake in the grass" is this object, as Alice could tell you a looking glass |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RHYMING SLANG $500: "Daisy roots", they're put on your "plates of meat", which are feet boots |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | SLANG $100: Cow juice milk |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | SLANG $200: A dopesheet gives you information about the past performances of these horses |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | SLANG $300: A left jab followed by a hard right cross adds up to this "old" combination of punches the old one-two |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | SLANG $400: Those who play piano really well can really tickle these keys the ivories |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | SLANG $500: This type of "party" popularized in western films is slang for a lynching a necktie party |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | SLANG $100: One who is forced to rely on an inferior plan or idea is said to be scraping this the bottom of the barrel |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | SLANG $200: What you lower if you chastise or punish someone the boom |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | SLANG $300: To hit a batter on the head with a pitched baseball, or the head itself to bean |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | SLANG $400: Prom, a dance held at the end of a school year, is actually an abbreviation of this word promenade |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | SLANG $500: This food served commonly at breakfast is known as "Noah's boy" ham |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | ANIMAL SLANG $100: The canine quarters a person occupies when in disgrace the doghouse |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | ANIMAL SLANG $200: Another word for bunk or baloney, from the name for the slop fed to pigs hogwash |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | ANIMAL SLANG $300: An equine way to say your information comes from the original source from the horse's mouth |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | ANIMAL SLANG $400: If you are a sitting one of these, you could become a dead one a duck |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | ANIMAL SLANG $500: Bart Simpson has steered the kids of the country to this way of saying, "Cool it!" "Don't have a cow, man!" |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SLANG $100: Slang suffix used with shutter, jitter & litter bug |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SLANG $200: This doesn't mean you've been kidnapping babies but dating someone much younger than yourself robbing the cradle |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SLANG $300: Slang term for an outboard motor, probably derived from the sound it makes putt-putt |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SLANG $400: The hinged section of an airplane wing or, in slang, a commotion a flap |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SLANG $500: Slang term for the bar at a golf club, or the drink you'd have there after a round the 19th hole |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $100: To a chuckwagon cook, these were "hen fruit" eggs |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $200: To a lunch counter waitress, "Eve with a lid on it" refers to this type of pie apple pie |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $300: Genre of film you've seen if you've watched a "chopsocky" kung fu (martial arts) |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $400: In conversation it means "nonsense", but in a deli it's a cold cut bologna |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $500: Term for the small spare tire that comes with many new cars; perhaps they're cheaper by the dozen donut |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | SLANG $100: The governors of Massachusetts & California, or your fists Dukes |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | SLANG $200: This phrase means inspecting or scrutinizing, not stealing a goose take a gander |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | SLANG $400: "El ropo" or just "rope" refers to a cheap one of these a cheap cigar |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | SLANG $500: Meaning desires or wishes, this comes from a regional pronounciation of "I would rather" druthers |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | SLANG $1,400 (Daily Double): Though it usually means "emotionally upset", in this song it means "excited & very happy":
"Oh, well, a-bless my soul, but what's wrong with me? / I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree / My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug..." "All Shook Up" |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | SLANG $100: Green stuff, mazuma, or dough, for example cash (money) |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | SLANG $200: Not your coffee cup, it's what someone would find funny if they laughed at your "ugly mug" your face |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | SLANG $300: Referring to the hair on one's head, it's "pulled over the eyes" to deceive wool |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | SLANG $400: In British slang, it's what they watch "Kojak" on the telly |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | SLANG $600 (Daily Double): Slang for a small town where trains would stop only to pull spout to get H2O a jerkwater stop |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | SLANG $200: A four-flusher was originally a bluffer in this game poker |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | SLANG $400: Also known as Abraham's Bosom, Beaulahland, & the Great Unknown heaven |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | SLANG $600: A clumsy person, or the flaky candy companion to Baby Ruth a butterfinger |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | SLANG $800: Probably from Hebrew for a synagogue watchman, it now means any gumshoe a shaman |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | SLANG $1000: New words "jik", "dweeb" & "zod", meaning nerdy, are said to arise from the sounds made by these video games |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | WESTERN SLANG $100: Reach for the sky put your hands up |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | WESTERN SLANG $200: Redeye was only one term for it whiskey |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | WESTERN SLANG $300: A sodbuster was a farmer, but a sinbuster was this a preacher |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | WESTERN SLANG $400: Hobble your lip be quiet (stop talking) |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | WESTERN SLANG $500: Oklahoma rain meant this kind of storm a dust storm |
