Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
"The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you won’t go to work tomorrow. Alcohol gives you 1 in 5" -- that is, the five days of Monday through Friday -- is a jocular saying that…
"Red Bull and vodka -- because you want to be wide awake for this mistake" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The combination is sure to keep just about anyone wide awake.…
If you combine all the continental breakfast tables together, would that make for a supercontinental (Pangaea or Pangea) breakfast? "If this is the Continental breakfast, I'd hate to see…
"Home is where the heart is" is an old saying. "Home is where you can connect to the Wi-Fi automatically" or "Home is where the/your Wi-Fi connects automatically" is a…
"The lottery gives you a 1 in 200 million chance you won’t go to work tomorrow. Alcohol gives you 1 in 5" -- that is, the five days of Monday through Friday -- is a jocular saying that…
"I recently came into a large sum of money" is the first line of a Not-Sate-For-Work joke. "I came into some money recently...............fussy bloody shopkeeper wouldn't take…
A legal joke about damaged luggage is: "I wanted to sue airline because they damaged my luggage. I showed the damaged remains to my lawyer. He said, 'You don't have much of a…
Coke is a soft drink that doesn't have cocaine, but there's a popular riddle: Q: Why did the blonde snort Nutra-Sweet/Splenda/Sweet'N Low?A: She thought it was Diet Coke. The Diet…
"A woman's/mother's work is never done" is an old saying of uncertain authorship. "Woman's work is never done" was in an 1801 version of the poem "Darby and…
"I know how to do anything. I'm a mom" is a popular Mother's Day quotation that has been printed on many images. American actress and comedian Roseanne Barr said it on the…
"Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on May 6, 2013.…
Italian actress and sex symbol Sophia Loren was profiled in Life magazine on August 11, 1961: "She eats everything in sight, washed down with red wine, and when teased about her appetite…
"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. American talk show host, producer and philanthropist…
"There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it" is a popular Mother's Day saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain. "There…
"A mother holds her children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever" (or "Mothers hold their children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever") is a…
Nothing shows a mother her Mother's Day love like...something bought at the last minute at a gas station? Many gas stations now sell flowers, Mother's Day cards, and gift cards, so…
"I detest being marginalized. I prefer to be lightly buttered" is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on Twitter on September 20, 2011. "Marginalized" sounds a bit like…
A riddle about Tic Tac mints is: Q: If athletes get athlete's foot, what do candy makers get?A: Tic Tac toe. The joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on May 13, 2017. Similar jokes had been…
Jokes about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center are numerous, although not politically correct. One of the earliest jokes is: Q: What's Osama…
"My dinner stomach is full, but my dessert stomach still has room" is a jocular one-line dessert saying that has been printed on images. "Tom introduced the concept of dinner stomach…