Common Sense Caucus (Caucus of Common Sense)
A "common sense caucus" is where politicians abandon hardline views and join together for common sense solutions, despite different party affiliations. "Common sense caucus" has…
Alphebetical for "c"
Communist Broadcasting Corporation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC nickname)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a channel that is available on some cable systems in the United States. The CBC has been given the backronym (back acronym) of “Communist…
Communist Core (Communist + Common Core)
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (or "Common Core") is an educational program to teach common standards in United States schools. Critics have claimed that it teaches students…
Communist News Network (CNN nickname)
Cable News Network (CNN) began in 1980 as the first all-news television channel. Some critics of CNN have claimed that the network has an anti-American, pro-globalist slant to the news. The…
Communist News Network (CNN nickname)
Cable News Network (CNN) began in 1980 as the first all-news television channel. Some critics of CNN have claimed that the network has an anti-American, pro-globalist slant to the news. The…
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
"CERTs" are Community Emergency Response Teams. The teams are being expanded for each community board to protect New Yorkers from disaster situations. The Federal Emergency Management…
Compact of Fifth Avenue (Pact of Fifth Avenue)
Richard Nixon (1913-1994), just before his appearance at the Republican National Convention at Chicago in July 1960, was called over to the Central Park East (Fifth Avenue) 14th floor apartment of…
Compact of Fifth Avenue (Pact of Fifth Avenue)
Richard Nixon (1913-1994), just before his appearance at the Republican National Convention at Chicago in July 1960, was called over to the Central Park East (Fifth Avenue) 14th floor apartment of…
Compañera; Compañero
Compañero (female, "compañera") is Spanish for "companion" or "friend" or "pardner." The term is used in western films and literature. (Dictionary of…
Competitive Eating Contests
Eating contests have been held in New York City since at least the 19th century. A pie-eating match was held in Brooklyn in in August 1886. Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is held at Coney…
Complete Bull Shit (CBS nickname)
CBS (the initials of the original name of the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American broadcast television and radio network. "Complete Bull Shit" is an unflattering nickname based…
Complicity Theorist
The term "complicity theorist" -- the opposite of "conspiracy theorist" -- has been defined on a meme. The "complicity theorist" term had been only infrequently used…
Compost Cookie
Momofuku Milk Bar (various locations) trademarked the name "compost cookie" from November 15, 2008. The popular cookie contains potato chips, pretzels, butterscotch and chocolate chips,…
Comstockery
"Comstockery" is a word named after Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), who created the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice in 1873. In 1873, an amendment to the Post Office Act made…
Con Dead (nickname for a Con Ed power failure)
After the July 2006 Queens power failures caused by Con Ed, some have called the company "Con Dead." http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/07/26/con_dead.phpJuly 26, 2006Con Ed Restores…
Con Ed or Con Edison (Consolidated Edison)
Con Ed? Continuing Education? Convicted? Conniving? A convention of guys named Ed? New York gets its energy form a company named "con"? "Con Ed" stands for "Consolidated…
Con-a-sewer (connoisseur)
"Con-a-sewer" is a jocular spelling of "connoisseur." A "con-a-sewer" might have discriminating tastes, but "connoisseur" might be too highfalutin to…
Conchas (Mexican shell-shaped pastries)
Conchas are Mexican shell-shaped pastries that are sold in Mexican bakeries (panaderias) all throughout Texas and in many supermarkets as well. The lightly sweet bread has a sugar-shell pattern on…
Concorde Hotel (Radisson Martinique on Broadway)
The Radisson Martinique on Broadway has been called the "Concorde Hotel" (after the Concorde airliner that made transatlantic flight between New York City and London/Paris) because many…
Concourse Crawler or Concourse Creeper (C or CC subway line)
New York City's "CC" train (now the "C" train) serviced much of the Bronx, along the Grand Concourse. According to a post by Bill Newkirk on SubChat.com on May 18, 2007,…