Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.
"No matter who you vote for, the rich stay rich, the poor stay poor and the bombs never stop" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "No matter who you vote for, the rich…
"From the Big Orange to the Big Apple" is a home movie (film short) that aired on the television show Saturday Night Live on February 26, 1977. American actress, comedian and writer Lily…
"No matter who you vote for, the rich stay rich, the poor stay poor and the bombs never stop" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "No matter who you vote for, the rich…
Bread is an ancient food, and many people are surprised to learn that ciabatta bread was invented in 1982. This was posted on X/Twitter by DΔΠTE on April 23, 2024, and it received over 56,000…
A comment about the ways to eat popcorn was post on X/Twitter by Ron Iver on January 14, 2021, and this received over 4,600 likes: "Eating popcorn happens in two distinct phases- phase one is…
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Entry in pcogress -- BP Facebook All You Can Eat March 26, 2016 at 10:16 PM · 🤣👏 ("I don't care what I'm cooking. It's going in the oven at 350 degrees for 25 min"…
Entry in progress -- BP X/Twitter reddit bot @thejerrys_bot If you love milk chocolate, but don’t like dark chocolate, you actually like sugar more than chocolate. 9:35 PM · May 22, 2019
Entry in progress -- BP X/Twittev yeah ok @poutinesmoothie The way Pop-Tart icing holds up in the toaster is both oddly fascinating and unsettling. 10:25 AM · Mar 23, 2025
Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…
Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…
Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…
"Parkin" (a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle) has nothing to do with "parking," but there are jokes. "The traffic warden slapped a treacle…
"It blows my mind there are so many songs about love, but seemingly none about mozarella sticks" (shown on an image) was posted on X/Twitter and Facebook by Dad Talk Today on March 24,…
"I'm not a morning person. I drink coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying to talk to me" (or "I need coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying…
"I'm not a morning person. I drink coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying to talk to me" (or "I need coffee because morning people exist and they keep trying…
"Parkin" (a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle) has nothing to do with "parking," but there are jokes. "The traffic warden slapped a treacle…
"Parkin" (a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle) has nothing to do with "parking," but there are jokes. "The traffic warden slapped a treacle…
Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…
Comic Sans is a sans-serif typeface. The "comic" name seemingly implies other names. "RT @XaiaX: The name “Comic Sans” implies there’s a serif version was posted on X/Twitter…