Horseshoe Sandwich
The "horseshoe" sandwich consists of Welsh rarebit (or Welsh rabbit) cheese sauce over an open-faced sandwich, such as ham or hamburger on toasted bread. The dish is then covered with…
Caviar of the South (pimento cheese)
Pimento cheese (cheese added with mayonnaise, pimentos, salt and pepper) is so popular and such a delicacy in the Southern United States that it has been dubbed the "caviar of the South."…
Caviar of the South (grits)
Grits are so popular and such a delicacy in the Southern United States that they have been dubbed the “caviar of the South.” A 1968 newspaper article stated that grits had long been known as…
“Will I be able to play the piano after the operation?” (joke)
A popular piano joke has a patient ask a doctor, "Will I be able to play the piano after the operation?" "Certainly," the doctor replies. "That's great! I wan't…
“Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers”
"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers" is one-line saying that comes from aviation. The saying means that, like horoscopes, weather forecasts aren't very accurate.…
“A duck walks into a bar and asks, ‘Got any grapes?’” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." "A duck walks into a bar and asks, 'Got any grapes?'" is one of the…
“What’s the difference between England and a tea bag? (soccer joke)
A popular joke at the 2010 World Cup, after England's football (called "soccer" in the United States) team lost, was: "What's the difference between the England team and a…
Dadvertising (dad + advertising)
"Dadvertising" (dad + advertising) is advertising that features fathers. Sometimes the advertising is aimed at fathers making a purchase for themselves (power tools, for example),…
“Only a surfer knows the feeling”
"Only a surfer knows the feeling" is a popular saying in surfing. Billabong (a clothing retailer based in Australia) trademarked the slogan with a first use in commerce from August 1984.…
“Did you hear about the kidnapping at school? He’s awake now”
A popular joke involves a pun on the word "kidnapping" ("kid napping"). "Did you hear about the kidnapping at school? He's awake now." "Okay so today ther…
“The last line of the national anthem is often thought to be ‘Play ball!’”
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The anthem has been regularly played at the start of baseball games since World War II. A frequent joke is that the…
“A string walks into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A popular bar joke involves a string who walks into a bar, but the bartender says that he…
“Fitness is not about being better than someone else”
"Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be" is a fitness saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying is credited…
Superbowlian (Super Bowlian)
The Super Bowl is the National Football League's championship game. "Superbowlian" (or "Super Bowlian") -- the adjective -- reflects things about or like the Super Bowl;…
“A grasshopper walks into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A popular joke involving a grasshopper (hinting at the Grasshopper cocktail) is: "A…
“I’ll take the lobster home to dinner” (joke)
Lobsters are sold live, and there is a joke about someone getting a live lobster. "Great! I'll take him home to dinner!" the receiving person declares. "Oh no, don't do…
Communist Core (Communist + Common Core)
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (or "Common Core") is an educational program to teach common standards in United States schools. Critics have claimed that it teaches students…
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”
Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemons, 1835-1910) said in an interview with Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in Elmira, New York, in 1889 (published in Kipling's From Sea to Sea in…
“What do you call a pig that knows karate?”/“A pork chop.”
A popular food joke is: Q: What do you call a pig that does karate? A: A pork chop. The joke was published in Boys' Life in 1978 (and has been resubmitted by many other readers and published…
“Crime in multi-story car parks is wrong on so many levels”
English writer and comedian Tim Vine was runner-up for the best joke of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with: “Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.”…