“Succeed and proceed”
"One and done" means that a star high school basketball player plays one year in college, and then announces that he is turning professional. There often is little incentive to do well at…
Triangle Numbers (a player’s height, weight and speed)
Football scouts evaluate a prospect's "triangle numbers" -- his height, weight and speed. "Those are the so-called triangle numbers -- height, weight, speed -- that coaches…
“Scout traits, not production” (player acquisition strategy)
"Draft/Evaluate/Scout traits, not production" is a professional football adage in evaluating a player for the NFL draft. A player might have had very good or very poor production in…
Hamburger Bun
Walt A. Anderson is sometimes credited with inventing the hamburger bun for the White Castle restaurant in 1921. Oscar Weber Bilby of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is sometimes credited for putting the first…
Hamburger Restaurant
There is some debate about when the first "hamburger restaurant" -- not merely a hamburger stand -- opened for business. Louis' Lunch of New Haven, Connecticut, claims to have…
Goober Burger or Goober Hamburger (hamburger with peanut butter)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 1 September 1963, Trenton (NJ) Sunday Times-Advertiser, "Forward In Homemaking" by Mrs. Margaret M. Lawson, Mercer County Home Agent, pt. 3, pg. 4, col. 2:GOOBER…
Gymtimidation (gym + intimidation)
"Gymtimidation" (gym + intimidation) is for someone to be intimidated from going to a gym. Planet Fitness has used "No Gymtimidation" in its ads and has trademarked this since…
“You can’t give a major league team four outs” (baseball adage)
"You can't give a major league team four outs (in an inning and expect to win)" is an old baseball adage. There are three outs in an inning. However, sometimes a player makes an…
Cat Café
A "cat café" is a place where people can drink coffee and also pet cats; in some cities, owning a cat is expensive. The world's first cat café opened in Taiwan in 1998. In April…
Conspiratainment (conspiracy + entertainment)
"Conspiratainment" (conspiracy + entertainment) is a term used for media programs that specialize in conspiracy theories; one such television program was even titled Conspiracy Theory.…
USAtheist (USA + atheist)
"USAtheist" (USA + atheist) has been printed on many gift items (such as T-shirts and bumper stickers) and usually stands for people in the United States of America (USA) who are…
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss in enthusiasm”
Success is often made after many failures have occurred first. "A boy never knows how to succeed till he learns how to fail without being discouraged" was cited in print in 1904.…
Warmmonger (global warming + monger)
A "warm monger" (also "warm-monger" or "warmmonger") is someone who believes in man-made global warming. The term -- a pun on "warmonger" -- is used by those…
Sheeptard or Sheepletard (sheep/sheeple + retard)
"Sheep" or "sheeple" (sheep + people) are people who blindly follow political, business or religious leaders, “like sheep to the slaughter.” "Sheeptard" (sheep +…
Sadomonetarism (sadomasochism + monetarism); Sadomonetarist
"Sadomonetarism" (sadomasochism + monetarism) is someone who believes in a monetary policy (such as a tight money supply) for its own sake, even if it causes with great economic pain.…
“Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us”
"Bless the food before us, the family beside us, and the love between us" is a popular kitchen decal. Authorship of the saying is unknown. The following "grace" from a…
“Bless the food upon the dishes as you blessed the loaves and fishes”
A popular grace before a meal is: "Bless the food upon the dishesas you blessed the loaves and fishes.As the sugar hides in the tea,let me hide myself in Thee." It's not known who…
Gowned Clown (judge nickname)
"Gowned clown" (a nickname for a judge, who wears a gown) is a term that has been used frequently by Becky Akers on the blog LewRockwell.com. "Is the Gowned Clown Out of His…
“Losers quit when they’re tired; winners quit when they’ve won”
"Losers quit when they're tired; winners quit when they've won" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many posters. Authorship of the saying is not known.…
Hedgie Hive (15 Central Park West)
Fifteen Central Park West is a condominium building at West 61st Street and Central Park West that was designed by Robert A. M. Stern and completed in 2008. It was the subject of a book, House of…