Brownsvillian (inhabitant of Brownsville)
"Brownsvillian” is the name of an inhabitant of Brownsville, Texas. The name “Brownsvillian” has been cited in print since at least 1859. Wikipedia: Brownsville, TexasBrownsville is a…
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Brush Country
The term "brush country" was popularized by Texas folklorist J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964), especially in the book title, A Vaquero of the Brush Country (1929). Earlier citations of…
Brut (cocktail)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Brut CocktailThe Brut Cocktail is an early cocktail that appears in William "Cocktail" Boothby's 1908 work The World's Drinks And How To Mix…
Brutus Salad
The Caesar salad is so popular that some chefs make a "Brutus salad" (after Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, who participated in the assassination of Julius Caesar). However, it appears…
Bryanite (inhabitant of Bryan)
"Bryanite” is the name of an inhabitant of Bryan, Texas. The name “Bryanite” has been cited in print since at least 1884. A "Bryanite" also describes a follower of William…
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
Bryant Park (behind the New York Public Library, at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue) hold a Summer Film Festival each year of film classics, presented on a large screen.…
BS-19 (bullshit + COVID-19)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic was called bullshit (b.s.) by some people who used the term "BS-19." "The lead is killing us not covid bs19" was posted on Twitter by Zena on…
BSPN (ESPN nickname)
ESPN (originally the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) began in 1979, with a base in Bristol, Connecticut. The derogatory nickname "BSPN" (b.s./bullshit + ESPN) has been cited…
BTFATH (Buy The Fucking All Time High)
"BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) dates from 2010; investors should buy stocks when the price dips because it will go back up. "BTFATH" (Buy The Fucking All Time High) means that…
BTFD (Buy The Fucking Dip)
"Buy the dip" means that a trader should buy when there is a "dip" (or decline) in a stock's price. The theory is that, in a highly violatile market, the price will go back…
BTFGS (Buy The Fucking Government Shutdown)
"BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) dates from 2010; investors should buy stocks when the price dips because it will go back up. The financial blog Zero Hedge popularized a new term with the…
BTFVIX
THe financial blog Zero Hedge popularized "BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) in 2010-11, stating that the "dip" was an opportunity to buy something at a cheaper price. This jocular…
BTFWWIII (Buy The Fucking World War III)
THe financial blog Zero Hedge popularized "BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) in 2010-11, stating that the "dip" was an opportunity to buy something at a cheaper price. This jocular…
Bubba Dump (Bubba Gump Shrimp Company nickname)
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company takes its name and inspiration from the movie Forrest Gump (1994); the characters Forrest Gump and Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue went into the shrimping business…
Bubba-Q
"Bubba-Q" (also "Bubba Q" without the hyphen, or "bubba-q" without capitalization) is "barbecue" for a "Bubba" (Southern for "brother").…
Bubbaland or Bubba-land or Bubbaville or Deep Bubba (South Austin)
"Bubba" is a form of the word "brother." While there are "Bubbas" throughout the South (some have called Arkansas's Bill Clinton "Bubba"), the term…
Bubbemycin or Bubbe-mycin (Jewish chicken soup)
Chicken soup, according to some Jewish grandmothers, can cure what ails you. The nickname "Jewish penicillin" has been used for chicken soup since the 1960s. Chicken soup is also called…
Bubble Dancer (a person who washes dishes)
"Bubble dancing" is a humorous term for dishwashing (and its soap bubbles) that developed among soldiers in 1941; a person who washes the dishes is a "bubble dancer." The…
Bubblecovery (bubble + recovery)
"Bubblecovery" (a bubble-driven recovery) is a term that was was coined by American economic analyst Jesse Colombo in May 2012. The U.S. Federal Reserve led the "recovery" from…
Bubblenomics (bubble + economics)
"Bubblenomics" (bubble + economics) is the economics of a financial bubble (when prices are inflated). "The Story of Bubblenomics" (1999), a paper presentation by William A.…