Avogadro Toast (Avogadro constant + avocado toast)
"Avocado toast" shouldn't be called "Avogadro toast," but there are jokes. "Avogadro's toast" was posted on Twitter by Andrew Kim on September 13, 2016.…
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Awesome Sauce
An "awesome sauce" can be a very good sauce placed on food. The slang term "awesome sauce" describes someone or something "awesome," with "sauce" added as an…
Awful Broadcasting Company (ABC nickname)
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) began in 1943 and is headquartered on Manhattan’s Upper West Side (near Lincoln Center). The ABC nickname of "Awful Broadcasting Company" was…
Awful House (Waffle House nickname)
Waffle House began in 1955 in Avondale Estates, Georgia. There are now over 1,600 locations of the restaurant chain, most all in the Southern United States. The nickname "Awful House" for…
Axe (bad financial asset)
Greg Smith, an executive director of Goldman Sachs. wrote the Op-Ed "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" in the March 14, 2012 New York (NY) Times, stating in part: "What are three quick…
Aztec Soup or Aztec Tortilla Soup (Sopa Azteca)
"Aztec soup" or "Aztec tortilla soup" ("sopa Azteca" in Spanish) is another name for "tortilla soup." Mexico City is the probable origin for tortilla soup…
Aztec Two-Step (traveler’s diarrhea)
"Montezuma's Revenge" and "Aztec two-step" and "turista" are the colorful names for traveler's diarrhea for visitors to Mexico. The terms have spread…