Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
"Dear Facebook! Please stop suggesting people I may know. I do know them. I don't like them" is a jocular social media saying that has been printed on many images. "I WISH…
"Dear Facebook! Please stop suggesting people I may know. I do know them. I don't like them" is a jocular social media saying that has been printed on many images. "I WISH…
"All parents want is for our kids to go to bed so we can watch a show with bad words in it and eat the hidden snacks" is a jocular parenting saying that was posted on Twitter by Simon…
"All parents want is for our kids to go to bed so we can watch a show with bad words in it and eat the hidden snacks" is a jocular parenting saying that was posted on Twitter by Simon…
"Dear Facebook! Please stop suggesting people I may know. I do know them. I don't like them" is a jocular social media saying that has been printed on many images. "I WISH…
"Do y’all blow y’all food when it’s too hot or do y’all just hasafashafsas till you can chew it ??" was posted on Twitter by Joshua Scott™ (and others) on January 5, 2019.…
The top of a Snickers chocolate bar has waves of chocolate that appear to many people to resemble veins. "I luv snickers. Big chocolate stick in my mouth. They have veins just like a...I’ll…
Many people believe that a pogo stick is dangerous. "You deserve whatever happens to you on a pogo stick" was posted on Twitter by Jonathan Cerda-Rowell on August 10, 2015. "You…
"Do y’all blow y’all food when it’s too hot or do y’all just hasafashafsas till you can chew it ??" was posted on Twitter by Joshua Scott™ (and others) on January 5, 2019.…
The past tense of "fit" is not "fat," but there are jokes. Often "sit" and "sat" are compared. "And is 'fat' the past tense of…
"Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.…
A March 4th ("March fourth"/"march forth") riddle is: Q: What date is also a command?A: March 4th. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1993. Google BooksGotcha!…
Why is it called a tablespoon? "A tablespoon is to eat a table with" was printed in the book A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions (1952) by Ruth Krauss. "Why is it…
"Rocky Mountain oysters are the original sack lunch" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Rocky Mountain "oysters" (also called "calf fries") are…
“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get" is a famous line from the movie Forrest Gump (1994). Many people love chocolate, but it can kill…
“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get" is a famous line from the movie Forrest Gump (1994). Many people love chocolate, but it can kill…
"Rocky Mountain oysters are the original sack lunch" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Rocky Mountain "oysters" (also called "calf fries") are…
A pandemic of jokes might be called a "pundemic" (pun + pandemic). "America's decades-long 'pundemic' originated, West explains, in a fertile matrix" was printed…
"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.…
A food riddle is: Q: What do you take before every meal?A: You take a seat. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2004. Google BooksReally Silly JokesBy Cyl Lee Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing…