THE MAGNET SERIES ANNOTATED NAMES
| #5 |
STAN
ALIVE = Stayin’ alive. def’n: Stayin’ Alive – A song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. def’n: Saturday Night Fever – Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 drama film directed by John Badham and starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, an immature young man whose weekends are spent visiting a local Brooklyn discothèque. The card image depicts the iconic popular disco dance pose. def’n: Staying Alive – the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as the main character, Tony Manero. def’n: Stay – To remain. def’n: Alive – Full of activity or animation; lively |
| #6 |
GARY
GOYLE = Gargoyle. def’n: Gargoyle – A roof spout usually in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection. A person of bizarre or grotesque appearance. |
| #7 |
NOT TOBEY =
Not to be. def’n: To be, or not to be – “To be, or not to be (, that is the question)” is the opening phrase of a soliloquy in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. It is one of the most well-known Shakespearean quotations. The card image depicts a Shakespearean actor. def’n: Not to be – slang. Not to live; exist. |
| #8 |
TONY
STARCH = Tony Stark. A parody of Iron Man. def’n: Iron Man – Iron Man (Anthony Edward “Tony” Stark) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. def’n: Starch – Any of various substances, such as natural starch, used to stiffen cloth, as in laundering. |
| #9 |
BREEZY BETTY–
Betty: B name to go with the word breeze(+y). def’n: Breeze – A light current of air; a gentle wind. def’n: Breezy – Exposed to breezes; windy. Fresh and animated; lively (in writing). |
| #10 |
PHAN TOM
= Phantom. def’n: Phantom – Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom. The card image depicts Erik — The “Phantom” and “Opera-Ghost” from the stage adaptation of Phantom of the Opera. def’n: Phantom of the Opera – Le Fantôme de l’Opéra (English: The Phantom of the Opera) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux that was overshadowed by the success of its various film and stage adaptations. |
| #11 |
SUN BERNIE =
Sunburn. def’n: Sunburn – Inflammation or blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to direct sunlight (sunburned; sunburnt). def’n: Burn – To undergo combustion or be consumed. To be damaged, injured, or destroyed by fire, heat, et cetera. def’n: Vampire – In popular folklore, an undead being in human form that survives by sucking the blood of living people, especially at night; often portrayed as not being able to survive in sunlight (and bursting into flames). |
| #12 |
DAWN
POUR = Downpour. def’n: Downpour – A heavy fall of rain. def’n: Down – From a higher to a lower place or position. def’n: Pour – To rain hard or heavily. |
| #13 |
TOPIARY
TERRI – Rhyme; the name Terri with the word topiary. def’n: Topiary – Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals. |
| #14 |
NOAH
CONSTRICTOR = Boa constrictor. def’n: Boa constrictor – A large boa (Boa constrictor) of tropical America that has dark brown markings on a lighter background and kills its prey by constriction. def’n: Constrict – To squeeze or compress. def’n: Cobra – Any of various venomous elapid snakes, especially of the genus Naja, that are native to Asia and Africa and are capable of expanding the skin of the neck to form a flattened hood. |
| #15 |
IV IVY –
IVY; I name to go with the word iv. def’n: IV – Abbriviation for intravenous or intravenously. An apparatus for providing intravenous injections. def’n: Intravenous – A drug, nutrient solution, or other substance administered into a vein. |
| #16 |
CURIOUS KATE
= Curious cat. def’n: Curious – Eager to learn more. Unduly inquisitive; prying. Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness. def’n: Cat – A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds. |
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