"How does you name appear on your credit card?" is a typical credit card question, asking about a name's spelling and any middle name or initial. However. several jokes take this…
"Withdrawal" shouldn't be confused with "with drawl," but there are jokes. This was posted on Twitter by meghan on April 5, 2021: Customer: I have a question about my…
Entry in progress -- B.P. 19 December 1995, The Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica), pg. 10B, col. 2:Mr. Barrington Simpson has been a member of the staff since 1971. he joined the JIS family as a Press…
Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)mustard, n. and adj.slang (orig. U.S.). Something which adds piquancy or zest; that which sets the standard or is the best of anything. to cut…
The card-cutting expression "cut thin to win" was popularized by the 1965 book of that name by A. A. Fair (Erie Stanley Gardner). The saying means to cut only a few cards at the top of…
A boarding house usually has many boarders; boarding house pie is cut in many small slices so that each boarder has a piece. Anything that is cut many times into small pieces is said to be…
"Cut war, not welfare" is a protest saying that has been printed on many images. The slogan has been used at many protest marches. "Cut war, not welfare" was first used on a…
"Cut your losses (short) and let your profits run" is an old Wall Street adage, cited in print from at least 1837. The proverb is frequently attributed to British economist David Ricardo…
"Cut-off low, weatherman's woe" was a catchphrase of Dr. George Fishbeck, a television weatherman at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, California from 1972 to 1990. A cut-off low is a low…
Entry in progress -- B.P. "Curls for the girls" is a similar saying that has been cited in print since at least 1981. Other weightlifting sayings include "benches for the…
"Cyber Monday -- The one time a year that people look forward to Monday mornings" is a Monday saying that has been printed on an ecard. The saying was posted on Twitter by The…
A "C-note" is slang for a $100 bill. "C" is the Roman numeral for one hundred; "note" means Federal Reserve Note. "Laid his 'C' note right on the old…
This nickname for CCNY (City College of New York) doesn't have much circulation now, but is perhaps worth recording. http://www.jewishpress.com/news_article.asp?article=1972(Posted 1-8-2003 -…
Cab Calloway (1907-1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He published a "Hepster's Dictionary" in 1938, with another edition in 1944. The dictionary contained much Harlem…
The Cable News Network (now called CNN) began in 1980 as the first all-news 24-hour television network. Some who ridicule CNN have called it the "Cabal News Network." The word…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Other Halloween-related nights include Chalk Night, Corn Night, Devil's Night, Doorbell Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Mischief Night, Moving Night and Soap Night.…
The tiny city of Sanderson (population less than 1,000) has more cacti than people. In 1999, at the urging of local legislator Stillman Dudley and Economic Development Coordinator Terry Toler, the…
A Cadillac car (produced since 1902) has stood for excellence for many years. A "Cadillac" health plan is a plan that has little or no exclusions (such as for pre-existing conditions).…
P. J. Clarke's is a saloon, established in 1884, at the corner of 915 Third Avenue and East 55th Street in Manhattan. American singer Nat King Cole (1919-1965) supposedly had a bacon…
Texas hold 'em has been called the "Cadillac of poker," after the General Motors luxury car called Cadillac. American poker player Doyle Brunson coined the name in his book, titled…