Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
"Without coffee, I wouldn't be the perky, foul-mouthed, delightful person that I am (today)" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "Without coffee... I…
The coronavirus pandemic, along with violent protests and looting, wildfires and hurricanes, made 2020 a horrible year for many people. "Thinking about starting a petition to cancel setting…
Workaholics Anonymous does exist, but it's mostly used in jokes. "RT @sixthformpoet: The thing about Workaholics Anonymous is that if you have time to come to the meetings, you don't…
A joke about the sun is: "I'm directing a cowboy film called The Sun. It's set in the west." The joke was posted on Twitter by alankemp (and others) on September 14, 2014, and…
"When God passed out brains, I thought He said trains -- and I missed mine..." is one of several lines explaining how someone because such a mess. The lines were printed in many 1942…
"Drink some coffee and pretend you know what you're doing" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "'Drink a lot of coffee and pretend you know what you're…
"Is your refrigerator a morgue or a garden?" (that is, containing mostly animal products or mostly plant products) is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images. "Is your…
"World peace begins in the kitchen" is a food saying that has been printed on many images. The peace usually means a non-animal (vegan) diet, but sometimes it just means sharing world…
"Is your refrigerator a morgue or a garden?" (that is, containing mostly animal products or mostly plant products) is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images. "Is your…
"Is your refrigerator a morgue or a garden?" (that is, containing mostly animal products or mostly plant products) is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images. "Is your…
"Vegan: because I'm too cool to be cruel" is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "It ain't cool to be cruel #vegan #veganwatch…
Mao Zedong should now be confused with "meow" (what a cat says), but there are jokes. "They fear the cat is a Communist, however, pointing out, 'He's a meow-ist'"…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A direction version is: "Three rights walked into a bar. They left" Three right…
An "escalator" does not involve being "later," but there are jokes. "I have reached a new low. 'Do you use stairs or escalators?' 'I prefer an…
"Apartheid was legal. The Holocaust was legal. Slavery was legal. Colonialism was legal. Legality is a matter of power, not justice" is a saying that has been printed on many images.…
"Life's too short to make another's shorter" is a vegan saying that has been printed o many images. The Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi, in the song "Nailing Descartes…
An "escalator" does not involve being "later," but there are jokes. "I have reached a new low. 'Do you use stairs or escalators?' 'I prefer an…
"Dear animals, I'm sorry it took me so long" is a vegan saying (from a person who had been eating meat) that has been printed on many images. Authorship of the saying is unknown, but…
"There's a reason you take kids to pick apples, but don't take them to a slaughterhouse" is a vegan saying that has been printed on many images. Origin of the saying is…
YouTube is an American video-sharing website that began in February 2005. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, YouTube developed a policy that it would not allow videos that went against the…