Wall Street of the West (17th Street in Denver)
Denver's 17th Street has been called the "Wall Street of the West" since at least 1908 and the "Wall Street of the Rockies" since at least 1978. Many banks and financial…
Goldman Sachsony (Goldman Sachs + Saxony)
The financial firm of Goldman Sachs is so influential over world governments that the nickname "Goldman Sachsony" (Goldman Sachs + Saxony) has been used to describe any country where…
Wall Street-Washington Corridor
The term "Wall Street-Washington Corridor" was popularized by the economist Simon Johnson, who used the name in the article "The Quiet Coup" in the May 2009 Atlantic magazine…
Conveyor Belt of Wall Street (Wharton School nickname)
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania sends many of its graduates to Wall Street jobs. A Financial Times story in September 2012 called Wharton the "conveyor belt of Wall…
Queenser (inhabitant of Queens)
People from the borough of Queens usually refer to themselves as from their particular neighborhood, such as Forest Hills, Kew Gardens or Flushing. "Queenser" has been cited in print very…
Queensite (inhabitant of Queens)
People from the borough of Queens usually refer to themselves as from their particular neighborhood, such as Forest Hills, Kew Gardens or Flushing. "Queensite" has been cited in print…
BrooklyKnight or Brooklyn Knight (Brooklyn Nets mascot)
The Brooklyn Nets basketball team introduced a mascot in November 2012 -- "BrooklyKnight" (or "Brooklyn Knight"). The name is pronounced like "Brooklynite" (an…
Gangplank Willies (reporters covering ship news at the trans-Atlantic docks)
"Gangplank Willies" is the name for the news reporters and photographers who met famous passengers coming to New York City on trans-Atlantic ships in the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.…
“The Lord giveth and the IRS taketh away”
"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away" is in Job 1:21 of the Bible. "The Lord giveth and the government/IRS taketh away" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed…
“A race horse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time”
"A race horse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time" is a pun on the idiom "to take somebody for a ride," meaning to cheat or deceive…
“My wife dresses to kill; she cooks the same way”
"My wife dresses to kill -- and she cooks the same way" is a joke that has been credited to New York comedian and "king of the one-liners" Henny Youngman (1906-1998), but the…
“A shady business never yields a sunny life”
"A shady business never yields a sunny life" was printed in Forbes Epigrams: 1000 Thoughts on Life and Business (1922) by B. C. Forbes, the founder of Forbes magazine. It became one of…
“One book that always has a sad ending is a check book”
"One book that always has a sad/unhappy ending is a check book" is a jocular one-line saying that compares a check book (or "checkbook") to a book of fiction. The saying has…
“Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing”
"Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing" is a jocular saying that has been credited to the newspaper comic strip Pogo (1948-1975) and its creator, Walt Kelly (1913-1973).…
“Question Austerity”
"Question Authority" is a popular bumper sticker saying that first appeared in the 1970s. "Question Austerity" is a slogan of those who disagree that a government must cut…
Holy Grail of Liberalism (tax increases)
Mitch McConnell, a United States Senator from Kentucky and the Republican minority leader of the Senate, came out of "fiscal cliff" budget negotiations with President Barack Obama in…
“This is a family newspaper” (no obscenities are allowed)
"This is a family newspaper" is a frequently printed newspaper admonition to keep it clean -- no obscenities are allowed in print. The phrase is often given as "We would say what we…
“This is a family show” (no obscenities are allowed)
"This is a family show" is a frequent radio or television program admonition to keep it clean -- no obscenities are allowed. The "family show" saying is often given with some…
“Life is a dance, from one stage to the next”
"Life is a dance, from one stage to the next" has been cited in print since about 2004 and quickly became one of the most-cited sayings about dance. The authorship of the saying is…
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart”
"You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart" has been cited in print since about 2003 and quickly became one of the most-cited sayings about dance. The authorship of the saying is…