Dormitory of New York (Brooklyn)
Entry in progress -- B.P. "Brooklyn is the bedroom of New York" is a similar saying. Wikipedia: BrooklynBrooklyn (/ˈbrʊklɪn/) is the most populous borough of New York City, with a…
Alphebetical for "d"
Dormitory Row
"Dormitory Row" is Third Avenue, between St. Mark's Place and 14th Street. The entire area seems to be owned mostly by New York University. The website "Jossip" has called…
DOTUS (Dog Of The United States)
"DOTUS" (Dog Of The United States) is a nickname acronym for a dog of the president of the United States. "First dog" is also sometimes used. "Because Clinton's…
Double Check (Seward Johnson’s businessman sculpture in Liberty Park)
Seward Johnson's 1982 sculpture "Double Check" for Liberty Park (near the World Trade Center) showed a very lifelike businessman sitting in the park. The businessman survived…
Double Dip
"Double dip" (or "double-dip") was popularized by a 1993 episode of the television comedy Seinfeld. A person dipped a chip into the chip dip, took a bite of the chip, and then…
Double Dog Dare (Triple Dog Dare)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Dictionary of American Regional Englishdouble-dog dare v phr Also dog dare, double-black-dog dare, double-dare, double-darse dare, double-D dare, double-nigger dare,…
Double Dutch
The jump-rope game of "Double Dutch" was probably invented in New York City, cited from at least 1895. "Double Dutch" tournaments were re-introduced in New York City in 1974.…
Double Irish
The"'Double Irish" is a method by which a U.S. parent company creates two Irish subsidiary companies. One Irish subsidiary is managed and controlled from Bermuda (or another low-tax…
Double Red Cross; Double Red Crossed (double-cross + Red Cross)
The Red Cross (the American Red Cross in the United States) provides emergency assistance and disaster relief, but many people state that Red Cross donations do not reach disaster victims.…
Double Wonder or Double Wonders (Chinese dish of chicken and shrimp)
"Double Wonder" (or "Double Wonders") is a Chinese-American restaurant dish featuring two main ingredients -- usually chicken and shrimp. "Double Wonders came as an…
Double-Decker
Maybe the tour guides in those double-decker buses will kindly tell this to our tour visitors? (Oxford English Dictionary)double decker(...)b. 'A street-car having a second floor and seats on…
Douche Bank (Deutsche Bank mispronunciation/nickname)
Deutsche Bank (literally, "German Bank") was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. There are several offices in New York City. Deutsche Bank is probably…
Dough Nut or Doughnut or Donut; Cruller
New York author Washington Irving has long been cited with the first appearances of the words "dough nut" (now spelled "doughnut" and "donut") and "cruller."…
Doughnut (zero bonus)
A donut and a bagel have been used in the sports world to represent the number "zero," for no score. The doughnut and the bagel and the number zero all have a hole. A "doughnut"…
Doughnut Hole (Donut Hole)
Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory of Maine (1831-1921) is usually given credit for inventing the doughnut hole while at sea in 1847. Gregory explained his invention in an interview given in 1916 (see…
Dove
Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)dove, n.Polit. A person who advocates negotiations as a means of terminating or preventing a military conflict, as opposed to one (cf. hawk n.1…
Dow Jones Propaganda Average (Dow Jones Industrial Average nickname)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index (named after Charles Dow, founder of The Wall Street Journal). Andy Hoffman, marketing director of the precious metals firm of Miles…
DoWiSeTrePla (Down Wind of the Sewage Treatment Plant)
The television show How I Met Your Mother, in an episode airing November 5, 2007, described a hot, very affordable New York City neighborhood nicknamed "DoWiSeTrePla." It's revealed…
Down Home Cooking
Entry in progress -- B.P. The Free Dictionarydown-home (American)down-home things are simple and typical of life in the countryside (always before noun) It's a diner with down-home American…
Downtown
It appears that "downtown" (or "down town") originates from New York City. A person who lives in or who frequently goes downtown is a "downtowner." "Just like…