“If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?”
"If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?" is a humorous saying, dating to at least February 1998. Other spellings are "If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you…
Creepocrat (Creep-o-crat)
Conservative political writer Michelle Malkin wrote about the term "creep-ocrat" on her blog and her Twitter account on March 9, 2010. A "creep-o-crat" (or…
“No Vacancy” (bumper sticker)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 1 January 1980, New York (NY) Times, "House Hunters Turning to Shrinking Rental Market" by Howell Raines, pg. 12: Profit and loss aside, the number of renters…
“That money talks, I’ll not deny, I heard it once: It said, ‘Goodbye’”
"Money talks” (meaning that money has influence) is an old financial saying, cited in print in various forms from before 1700. "Money talks" was printed in several American…
“He couldn’t sell watermelons with the highway patrol blocking traffic”
A January 2005 blog post credited Jim Hightower with this phrase: "[W]e are upper-crust, elite intellectual snobs who couldn’t sell watermelons if we had the Highway Patrol blocking traffic…
Conventional Wisdom
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktionaryconventional wisdom (plural conventional wisdoms)A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close…
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: George WashingtonGeorge Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731]– December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from…
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksThe Yale Book of QuotationsEdited by Fred R. ShapiroNew Haven, CT: Yale University Press2006Pg. 369:Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)English-born U.S. comedian,…
“You don’t put robbers to work in a bank”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Bartleby.comRespectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989NUMBER: 1588 AUTHOR: Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) QUOTATION: Will one of you gentlemen tell me in what…
“To be disillusioned, one first must be illusioned”
"To become disillusioned you must earlier have been illusioned," wrote Paul Fussell in 1982. Fussell was referring to childhood and growing up. Voters often become disillusioned with a…
Nomentum (“no” momentum)
A minority party is sometimes called a "party of 'no,'" saying "no" to the majority party's agenda. When members of the majority party also disagree with some of…
“Throw the rascals out!”
Entry in progress -- B.P. A modern jocular variant is "Throw the Rascals In!" Wikipedia: List of U.S. presidential campaign slogansTurn the Rascals Out - 1872 anti-Grant slogan against…
“Ticker tape ain’t spaghetti”
"Ticker tape ain't spaghetti," said Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947), the director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, in March 1946. La Guardia…
Repuke (Republican party nickname)
"Repuke" (used both with and without capitalization) is a derogatory nickname for the Republican party, used by speakers who think the party makes them throw up (puke). "Repuke"…
Coffee Party
The "coffee party" is the political left's answer to the anti-big government "tea party" (TEA=Taxed Enough Already) that was popularized in 2009. The coffee parties began…
“Well, butter my buns and call me a biscuit”
"Well, butter my buns and call me a biscuit" (or, "Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit") is a mock Southern expression for surprise. There are many jocular expressions…
“If we are what we eat, I’m fast, cheap and easy”
The food phrase "you are what you eat" is taken from a phrase by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826): "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." Many…
“You can’t spend your way to prosperity” (“You can’t borrow your way to prosperity”)
"You can't spend your way to prosperity' (or, "You can't borrow your way to prosperity") means that the federal government can't achieve prosperity by…
Death Star (Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington)
Dallas Cowboys football team owner Jerry Jones had long planned that his team would move into a new stadium in Arlington in 2009. The massive proposed stadium and entertainment complex was quickly…
Sovereign District (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York)
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) often handles nationally prominent cases. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York…