“Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong” (“loss” backronym)
"Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong" is sometimes given as a backronym (back acronym) of the word "loss" "Learning Opportunity, Stay Strong" was coined by American…
“What do you get from a pampered cow?”/“Spoiled milk.”
A popular joke is that a certain type of milk comes from a certain quality of cow, such as "chocolate milk comes from brown cows." A similar type of joke is: "What dp you get from a…
NATOstan (NATO + -stan)
"NATOstan” (North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO + -stan, such as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) means a territory controlled by…
Pass Over Opportunity Repeatedly (“poor” backronym)
"Psss/Passing Over Opportunity/Opportunities Repeatedly" is sometimes given as a backronym (back acronym) for the word "poor." "Moms, Are you POOR? Passing Over Opportunity…
“Lighting up the scoreboard” (scoring many points)
A player or a team is "lighting up the scoreboard" when points are being scored. However, the scoreboard is usually always lit, even when the score is zero. The expression became popular…
Realize It Can Happen (“rich” backronym)
"Realize It Can Happen" is sometimes given as a backronym (back acronym) for the word "rich." "Keep driving toward your dreams and live that #RICH (Realize It Can Happen)…
The International Magazine of Events (TIME backronym)
Time magazine was founded in 1923 in New York City. It has sometimes been claimed (since at least 2007) that the name Time stands for "The International Magazine of Events." A search of…
Park Rowgue (Park Row + rogue)
Park Row in Manhattan is just across from City Hall. In the late 19th century, so many newspapers located in Park Row that it was dubbed "Newspaper Row." Newspaper entertainment columnist…
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”
"Our lives being to end the day we become silent about things that matter" is a popular saying that has been printed on many posters and credited to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).…
FIMBY (Fuck, It’s in My Back Yard)
Comedy Central's The Daily Show did a segment by correspondent Jordan Klepper on May 7, 2014, about West Virginia's lack of clean, drinkable water. Klepper said that the issue was one of…
Story Food
The term "story food" was coined in Newsweek's "Cutting Edge Chefs Serve Up Food That Tells a Story" by Bruce Palling on may 6, 2014. Food tells a story just like the old…
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I would spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikiquote: Talk:Albert EinsteinIf I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the…
Democalypse (democracy + apocalypse)
"Democalypse" (democracy + apocalypse) was the catchphrase that Comedy Central's The Daily Show applied to the 2012 U.S. presidential election. "Democalypse 2012" aired on…
Barfly
A "barfly" (also "bar fly") is someone who spends a lot of time in a bar -- often waiting for someone to arrive to pay for the drinks. "Bar fly" has been cited in…
Barista Elbow (Barista Wrist)
"Barista elbow" is an affliction defined in 2008 as a result from "the motion of yanking the portafilter to secure it onto the espresso machine or applying proper pressure to tamp…
Runway Food
"Down With Runway Food" by Drew Magary was published on Deadspin -- The Concourse on May 2, 2014. Magary referred to food at restaurants so expensive that only the very rich and a few…
“House to let, inquire within; people turned out for drinking gin”
"House to let, inquire within; people turned out for drinking gin" became a popular jump-rope rhyme in the 20th century. It originated as a house sign in the 19th century. The New York…
“What has 75 balls and screws old ladies?” (bingo joke)
"What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery!" is an old joke. Similar jokes have been said about the lotteries in other states. A related joke about the game of bingo is:…
“What’s black and brown and looks good on a lawyer?” (lawyer joke)
One of the oldest and most popular of lawyer jokes is: What 's black and brown and looks good on a lawyer?A doberman. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1986 and has been included…
“You don’t lose your job due to injury” (sports adage)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 4 April 1996, Daily Herald (Chicago, IL), "Jackson noncommital on starting power forward: Kukoc or Rodman?" by Kent McDill, Sports, sec. 2, pg. 1, col. 2:In the…