Freeloader a person who imposes on another’s hospitality without sharing in the responsibility or cost.
Mr. Ed a popular television show in the early 1960s whose title character was a talking horse. (The “horse” was actually a trained zebra.)
hunkered crouched down.
Beach Blanket Bingo refers to a 1965 beach movie of the same name, featuring teen idols Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
homeostasis a relatively stable state of equilibrium.
sarong a long strip of cloth worn as a dress or skirt.
flex short for flexible.
splitting our gussets laughing hard enough to rip the seams in your clothing.
Junebug a large beetle.
jerry can a container that holds about five gallons of liquid.
foisting deceitfully forcing someone to accept something.
Blondie and Dagwood a married couple in a newspaper comic strip.
Heimlich Maneuver an abdominal thrust to dislodge food or other material from a choking person’s windpipe.
José Cuervo a brand of tequila.
star sapphire a gem cut and polished to show a star shape in the stone.
Sing Sing a U.S. federal penitentiary located in Ossining, New York.
