Holy Shit Buffalo’s Cold (HSBC nickname)
HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is a global bank with many branches in New York City. Marine Midland Bank was based in Buffalo, New York; HSBC acquired full ownership of Marine…
United Bank of Swindlers or Union Bank of Swindlers (UBS nickname)
UBS (originally the Union Bank of Switzerland) is one of the world's largest banks and has several branches in Manhattan. Barry Ritholtz's blog, The Big Picture, on August 20, 2009,…
Signing Statement
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Signing statementA signing statement is a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law. They are…
“Drinking the Kool-Aid”
"Drinking the Kool-Aid" means to follow a leader or a philosophy without critical examination. Kool-Aid is a flavored drink mix that was invented in 1927. "Drinking the…
“Keep your government hands off my Medicare!”
"Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" was selected by Yale Book of Quotations editor Fred Shapiro to be 2009's top quotation. Medicare is a government-run program. The…
Goldman Sucks or Goldman Sux (Goldman Sachs nickname)
Goldman Sachs is a financial firm that's headquartered at 200 West Street in Manhattan. The unflattering nickname of "Goldman Sucks" (or "Goldman Sux") has been cited in…
“Eat the rich”
"Eat the rich" was a slogan of the counterculture Zippies that became popular at the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. The slogan promotes a redistribution of…
Banoconut (banana + coconut) Cream Pie
The website Chow.com published a "Banoconut Cream Pie Recipe" on June 26, 2009 and featured the pie in a 2011 photo gallery of "Comfort Foods We Love." The word…
“Trade what you see, not what you think”
"Trade what you see, not what you think/believe" has been cited in print since at least 1999 and has been credited to trading educator Joe Ross. The adage means to trade on what the…
K-Fart or Kfart (Kmart nickname)
Kmart, a retail chain store, was founded in 1899 in Detroit, Michigan. There are five Kmart stores in New York City (two in Manhattan, two in the Bronx and one in Queens). Kmart's nickname of…
Wal-Fart or Walfart (Walmart nickname)
Walmart is a chain retail store that was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. Walmart has been nicknamed "Wal-Fart" (also "Wal Fart," "WalFart" and "Walfart")…
Home Cheapo (Home Depot nickname)
Home Depot is a home improvement/construction chain store that began at Marietta, Georgia, in 1978. The nickname "Home Cheapo" has been cited in print since at least 1994 and has been…
Office Cheapo (Office Depot nickname)
Office Depot is an office products and services retailer that began in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, in 1986. The nickname "Office Cheapo" has been cited in print since at least 1997. Office…
“Inch by inch, it’s a cinch; yard by yard, it’s hard; mile by mile, it’s a trial”
"Inch by inch, life's/it's a cinch" is a saying cited in print since at least the 1950s. Often added is "yard by yard, life's/it's hard," also cited in print…
Budget Axe (Budget Ax)
A budget is often cut by, metaphorically, "axing" workers and expenses. The budget axe (or "ax") has been cited in print since at least 1911. Budget cutting since 1960 has often…
Scalpel vs. Machete (budget-cutting techniques)
There are two metaphorical tools that politicians claim to use in cutting a budget -- a scalpel (for small, surgical cuts, causing the least harm) and a machete (for massive cuts). Unless the…
Hells Fargo or Hell’s Fargo (Wells Fargo nickname)
Wells Fargo bank was founded in New York City in 1852. Wells Fargo -- one of the Big Four banks in the United States with Bank of America, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase -- is now headquartered in…
Stank of America (Bank of America nickname)
Bank of America is one of the Big Four of America's banks (along with Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo). Critics of Bank of America have given it the unflattering nickname of…
Stupid Party (Republicans) & Evil Party (Democrats)
An old Washington joke is that the Republicans are called "the stupid party" and the Democrats are called "the evil party." When the Republicans and Democrats get together on…
OOPS (United Parcel Service or UPS nickname)
The United Parcel Service (UPS) is an international package delivery company that began in Seattle, Washington, in 1907. The nickname "OOPS" (a variant pronunciation of "UPS")…