Word: sassing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Lilo & Stitch could bring good news to Disney and its Old Guard animators. It's a bright, engaging bauble with half a dozen Elvis Presley songs for Mom and Dad, and just enough sass--Stitch sticks his tongue into his nose and eats his snot--to keep the tweeners giggling. Lilo (voiced by Daveigh Chase) gives the usual lonely-but-superior Disney heroine a twist: she is a brat who has anger issues. And far from trying to save China or morph from mermaid to human, this Hawaiian handful has no goal loftier than the status quo--to keep living...
...heel’s base was only one centimeter. Apparently, women walk on their tiptoes; if you put any weight on the heel it’s likely to crack under the pressure, especially if you have turkey-shaped thighs like me. As I grew more comfortable, I added sass to my walk. Hips, then thighs and, bam, a surprise—I could finally work it. There would be no twisted ankles after the pageant, just a sore lower body. The adrenaline pumping during the competition kept me from noticing immediately, but the morning after my victory I felt...
...judges whenever possible [and] act and seem genuinely concerned and sincere when asked about their platform. Most importantly [they should] be real and not a superficial product of a beauty- and consumer-driven society. Also, since the Miss Harvard pageant is a parody of pageants, a little spice or sass won’t hurt.” (Chavez...
...into smoking in the eighth graders' bathroom. Pills, tattoos, and men in cars all make appearances, and so, fittingly, does rock: three-chord guitar riffs, real drums and vocals by Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. If Pink continues down this road to damnation, her bad-girl act may blossom into sass big kids enjoy. It hasn...
...started our meal with a forgettable eggplant dip with baked plantain chips. Call us meat lovers, but this vegetarian appetizer lacked sass. The conch fritters and jerk chicken wings were a great improvement. Surprisingly free of grease, the fritters were light and authentic, while the wings were our favorite dish of the night. Their ranch dipping sauce was the perfect accompaniment to the bite of the jerk and created playful, contradictory flavors...