Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
"I’m sorry you’re mad because you just found out the world doesn’t revolve around you. Here, let me pour you a tall glass of get over it" is a saying that has been printed on…
"I’m sorry you’re mad because you just found out the world doesn’t revolve around you. Here, let me pour you a tall glass of get over it" is a saying that has been printed on…
A riddle about the Pillsbury Doughboy is: Q: What do you see when the Pillsbury Doughboy bends over?A: Doughnuts. (Also spelled "Dough nuts" or "Donuts.") That is, the Pillsbury…
"I’m going to order a meat based salad next time they offer plant based burgers" was posted on Twitter by Jeep Cherokee on July 24, 2019. "There’s lots of plant based burger and…
"Resistance training" doesn't mean resisting going to the exercise, but that's the popular joke. "Three weeks now I've been practising resistance training. I'm…
"Covid-19. It started as a virus and has mutated into an IQ test" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people believed that a person wearing a face mask (and following…
"Covid-19. It started as a virus and has mutated into an IQ test" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people believed that a person wearing a face mask (and following…
Masaaki Sato (an artist born in Japan in 1941, and who lived in New York City for nearly 40 years) composed a "Big Apple" sculpture for the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art in Fuefuki,…
"Sometimes getting unfriended on Facebook is magical...really...it's like the trash took itself out" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Sometimes getting…
Toys in cereal boxes were popular in the 1960s and early 1970s, but began to be phased out by 1980. "The decline of civilization started when they stopped putting toys in boxes of cereal"…
Toys in cereal boxes were popular in the 1960s and early 1970s, but began to be phased out by 1980. "The decline of civilization started when they stopped putting toys in boxes of cereal"…
Many people wish that liquor stores had rewards programs, like many other retail stores. Some liquor stores do have such programs. "I wish this liquor store by my apt had a rewards program.…
Several regions of North America have been billed as a "Land of the Big (Red) Apple." Cornelia, Georgia has an apple monument that reads: "HOMEOF THEBIG…
"I see McDonald’s is making a deep fried pickle covered in batter... They are going to call it the Mc Dill Dough" -- a pun on "dildo" -- is a saying that has been printed on…
Many people wish that liquor stores had rewards programs, like many other retail stores. Some liquor stores do have such programs. "I wish this liquor store by my apt had a rewards program.…
Many people wish that liquor stores had rewards programs, like many other retail stores. Some liquor stores do have such programs. "I wish this liquor store by my apt had a rewards program.…
"Mixed race parents” usually does not involve running, but there are jokes. "My mate's mam is a hurdler, but his dad is a sprinter. Will they be deported for being a mixed race…
The song "Come from the Heart" (1987) by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh contains the lyrics: "Sing like no one is listening.Love like you’ve never been hurt.Dance like nobody’s…
"'Save the date!' It turns out that this admonition is not, as might reasonably be supposed, a charity solicitation on behalf of an endangered fruit" was printed in the Chicago…
"Seasoned salt" is a blend of salt, herbs and spices. "Seasoned salt is salt with some experience" is a joke that was posted on Twitter by Dan Regan on April 9, 2014.…