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Early Warning: GLAY Here's a possible future famous name: Glay. They're hot stuff in Japan (the band name is a Japanization of "gray"), and their distinctive static electricity haircuts are vaguely reminiscent of American glam.Glay's new album "Heavy Gauge" came out this week, and they do seem to be stirring up a few low-level waves on our search logs.
Here's what else people have been searching for:
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| That old gag about words ending in GRY must be making the e-mail rounds. ("Think of words ending in 'gry.' Angry and hungry are two of them...") If you you've never heard the puzzle, here's an explanation. |
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| The Days of the Dead, as the Yanquis say, come to a Latin American city near you on November 1 and 2. |
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| Thanksgiving searches are back on the rise after an earlier rush for Canada's own Thanksgiving holiday. This time surfers seem to be preparing for America's turkey day. Among the early queries paired with Thanksgiving: crafts, recipes, dinner, and jokes. (Jokes?) |
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| Everquest is a "massively multiplayer online role playing game." It's a fantasy-type game with elves, warriors, and the usual leather-jerkin-clad explorers. Everquest has been online since March, and seems to be having a surge of popularity lately. |
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| Why the rush on poodles? We don't know. Of particular interest seem to be the tiniest dogs, the toy poodles and the even runtier teacup poodles (average weight: three pounds). |
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52
This number is quite a popular query with Lycos users. Is there something we're missing? Surely B-52s (the plane or the band) aren't that popular?
Post your explanation on our boards.
For previous mystery terms, visit the Lycos 50 archives.
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Recent mystery terms solved:
MERCY: It seems that "No Mercy" was the latest pay-per-view extravaganza of the WWF (#6 on your Lycos 50). The event went off last weekend, which seems about the right timing for the searches we've seen. Tip of the hat to reader Tiffany L. for the explanation.
There's more! No Mercy is also the name of an up-and-coming Latin pop band, points out friendly user boards
AMANDA: We have two winners here. Amanda Bynes is the star of The Amanda Show, a goofy comedy that just debuted on Nickelodeon. Actress Amanda Peet stars in another new show, Jack and Jill. Thanks to detective boards for the former tip, and inspectors boards and boards for the latter.
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Lycos 50 Bonus List: Top 9 Johns |
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9. John Travolta
8. John Adams
7. John Dalton
6. John Wayne
5. John Steinbeck
4. John Locke
3. John Lennon
2. John F. Kennedy
1. John Deere
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 | Friday, October 22 One Tonya, two Amandas, and many fiery dishwashers |  | Thursday, October 21 Hooray for Bollywood! Special India edition |  | Wednesday, October 20 Elvira, DHEA, and Family Values '99 |  | Tuesday, October 19 Baseball finally hits the Lycos 50 |  | Monday, October 18 Who's hotter: Elisabeth Shue or chicken casserole? |  | Friday, October 15 Yo, Poe! Edgar leads the dead author parade |  | See the Lycos 50 archives!
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