Home Alone
Left behind, unaccompanied
Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy film in which a young boy defends his house from burglars after being accidentally left behind during a family trip.
The title has become shorthand for being left unsupervised at home, especially as a child: My parents finally trusted me to be home alone at twelve.
The phrase predates the film but gained cultural resonance from it.
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
Kevin McCallister · John Hughes · Joe Pesci · John Williams · Christmas · Chicago · Catherine O'Hara · soundtrack
Hidden device to harm
- paint cansSealed pigment vessels
- tarantulaLarge hairy spider
- blowtorchPortable directed-flame device
- ornamentsDecorative embellishments for display
feathers · tar · tripwire · iron · BB gun · Micro Machines · glue · fan
No longer recalled
- left behindAbandoned or forgotten
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- familyRelated people together
- vacationLeisure time away
airport · panic · reunion · loneliness · independence · fend for yourself · self-reliance · survival
Playful trick on someone
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- troubleDifficulty or distress
naughty · sly · rascal · antics · tomfoolery · outsmart · resourceful · cleverness
Macaulay Culkin
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
Kevin McCallister · John Hughes · Joe Pesci · John Williams · slapstick · Christmas · Chicago · Catherine O'Hara · soundtrack · score
booby trap
Hidden device to harm
- paint cansSealed pigment vessels
- tarantulaLarge hairy spider
- blowtorchPortable directed-flame device
ornaments · feathers · tar · tripwire · iron · BB gun · Micro Machines · glue · fan · zipline
forgotten
No longer recalled
- left behindAbandoned or forgotten
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- familyRelated people together
vacation · airport · panic · reunion · loneliness · independence · fend for yourself · self-reliance · survival · empty house
prank
Playful trick on someone
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
trouble · naughty · sly · rascal · antics · tomfoolery · outsmart · resourceful · cleverness · trickery
- blockbustersAvengers, Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man
- Holiday EntertainmentA Christmas Carol, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, The Polar Express, The Nutcracker
- Kid MoviesE.T., Matilda, Annie, Harry Potter, Oliver
- 1990German reunification, Hubble telescope, East Germany, West Germany, Pretty Woman
- John HughesThe Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, National Lampoon's Vacation
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
Home Aloneout and about
Actively going places
away from home · on the road · traveling · at work · in public
Home AloneThe Shining
home, alone, homeless, homely, homer, homesick, hometown, homecoming, homelessness