Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
The 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in panic buying. "To all the people panic buying, make sure you stock up on condoms so you don't produce any more idiots" is a…
"History shows that those who burn books today, will be burning bodies tomorrow!" was posted on Twitter by HighImpactFlix on April 21, 2020. "Those who burn books today, will burn…
"It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician" (or "It’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians") is a saying that has been printed…
"History shows that those who burn books today, will be burning bodies tomorrow!" was posted on Twitter by HighImpactFlix on April 21, 2020. "Those who burn books today, will burn…
"What a year this week has been" has been printed on many images. "Well what a fucking year this week has been" has also been printed on many images. The saying is popular on…
Marmite is something that many people don’t use a lot of. "But I'm in a great mood tonight because the other day I entered a competition and I won a years supply of Marmite......... one…
"History shows that those who burn books today, will be burning bodies tomorrow!" was posted on Twitter by HighImpactFlix on April 21, 2020. "Those who burn books today, will burn…
The movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) contains these lines: Bilbo Baggins: It's supposed to look like that, it's crochet.Bofur: Oh, and a wonderful game it is too, if…
"It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician" (or "It’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians") is a saying that has been printed…
A list of "Ironies of Life" (sometimes called "Strange But True!") is that professions prosper when things break down, not if everything functions well. Only a thief wishes you…
A list of "Ironies of Life" (sometimes called "Strange But True!") is that professions prosper when things break down, not if everything functions well. Only a thief wishes you…
"Thursdays are just wannabes. They wannabe Friday, but they're not" is a Thursday saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship probably comes from an image.…
"I don't always carry all the groceries on one arm, but when I do, my keys are in the wrong pocket" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. One image involves…
A "florist" (someone who sells flowers) is not the same as a "floorist" (a seldom-used term for some who sells or repairs floors), but there are jokes. "The first 5…
"Dry January" means a January without alcohol. It does not mean staying dry (without taking a bath or a shower), but there are jokes. "Looks like my attempt to have a dry January has…
"Butter" is just one letter from "better." "Milk is good, but it could be butter" was posted on Twitter by Raksasa | Kirby? (Airyl) on January 6, 2021. "Milk is…
Oreo cookies have been compared to macarons. "Macarons are like fancy Oreos" was posted on Twitter by Mary Cath on April 10, 2010. "Macarons are basically fancy Oreos no?" was…
Oreo cookies have been compared to macarons. "Macarons are like fancy Oreos" was posted on Twitter by Mary Cath on April 10, 2010. "Macarons are basically fancy Oreos no?" was…
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), in the book Physiologie du Gout (1825), wrote "Tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are," often interpreted as "you are what…
"They are giving away free money!! At a place called 'work.' Just go there & follow simple instructions & get your own!!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…