Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
People named "Miles" should not be confused with actual "miles," but there are jokes. "I actually meant to say I ran over 4 people named Miles" was posted on Twitter…
A dentist riddle is: Q: What do you call a dental X-ray?A: A tooth-pic. The "tooth-pic" ("tooth picture" and "toothpick") joke was posted on Twitter by ChaissonLemoine…
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" is a famous saying from the film The Godfather Part II (1974). "Keep your fronds close, and your anemones closer" and…
"Brace yourself" doesn't mean to put braces on your own teeth, but there are jokes. "Dentists are going on strike...brace yourselves" was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot…
"Brace yourself" doesn't mean to put braces on your own teeth, but there are jokes. "Dentists are going on strike...brace yourselves" was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot…
"When the media is behind your movement, you aren't the resistance" is a saying that has been printed on several images. In the United States, the media (such as television networks)…
"Brace yourself" doesn't mean to put braces on your own teeth, but there are jokes. "Dentists are going on strike...brace yourselves" was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot…
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture with the heads of four U.S. presidents carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. A riddle is:…
"When the government questions its citizens for suspicions of a crime, it's called an investigation. When the citizens question their government, it's called a conspiracy theory.…
"Brace yourself" doesn't mean to put braces on your own teeth, but there are jokes. "Dentists are going on strike...brace yourselves" was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot…
"End the war before it ends you" is a peace slogan that has been printed on many images. "I'm sending you back, son, and I hope we end the war before it ends you" is a line…
A riddle about weep holes was posted on Twitter by ArchStudentProblems on December 6, 2013: Q: What's the saddest hole in a building?A: A weep hole! "What is the saddest component of a…
"I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" is a substitute product for butter. "RT: @haydenblack: I put butter in my I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. Now I don't…
Folksy "placeholder" words sound more ridiculous in the same sentence. "I've told them a hundred times 'Don't touch the whatchamacallit because it will make the…
"Buoyant" has nothing to do with "boy," but "boyn't" is a pun. "Boys always sink but girls don't because they're boyn't" was posted on…
"Why call a sperm bank a cryobank.....might as well call it a Cumpany" (cum + company) is a portmanteau word suggestion that was posted on Twitter by Olufemi on August 19, 2011.…
Folksy "placeholder" words sound more ridiculous in the same sentence. "I've told them a hundred times 'Don't touch the whatchamacallit because it will make the…
"That's your business" usually means "that's your life/prerogative" and does not refer to an actual business, but there are jokes. “@cluedont: If you want to set up…
"That's your business" usually means "that's your life/prerogative" and does not refer to an actual business, but there are jokes. “@cluedont: If you want to set up…
"Dominance and submission" or "dom/sub" does not apply to "sub" sandwiches, but there are jokes. "Meatball dom / meatball sub" was posted on Twitter by…