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…
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…
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…
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…
The Fulton Center (a Lower Manhattan transit center and retail complex centered at the intersection of Fulton Street and Broadway, planned after the destruction caused by the September 11, 2001…
An "downtowner" is someone who inhabits the "downtown" section (often, but not always, located to the south) of a geographical area. "Down-towners" was cited in print…
"Doctor Google" or "Dr. Google" describes when a person uses the internet (especially the search engine Google) to find medical advice. That advice might be helpful, or might be…
Dr. Pepper Cake (or Dublin Dr. Pepper Cake, with the Dr. Pepper from Dublin, Texas) is another soft drink cake, similar to 7-Up Cake and Coca-Cola Cake. Dr. Pepper originated in the state and has…
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (1979) is a short film (22 minutes), explained on IMDb as "Dracula travels to New York for a change of scenery." There is a scene at Studio 54 with owner Steve…
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (1979) is a short film (22 minutes), explained on IMDb as "Dracula travels to New York for a change of scenery." There is a scene at Studio 54 with owner Steve…
On the July 28, 2011 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show (Melissa Harris-Perry, guest host), NBC political correspondent Luke Russert explained what Washington, DC called the…
The words "draftnik" and "peacenik" were used in 1965 for those opposed to the Vietnam War and the military draft. In sports, a "draftnik" is one who follows a…
"Dragon and Phoenix" is a popular Chinese dish of lobster (representing the dragon) and chicken (representing the phoenix). Shrimp is frequently included instead of lobster. The dish was…
Atomic Buffalo Turds (ABTs) (also called "Wolf Turds") are hollowed-out jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese ("Armadillo Eggs") wrapped in bacon, with a smoked sausage added in…
The treadmill is a popular piece of exercise equipment; those who don't like the treadmill have nicknamed it "dreadmill" (dread + treadmill). "Dreadmill" has been cited in…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: DreidelA dreidel (Yiddish: דרײדל dreydl plural: dreydlekh, Hebrew: סביבון Sevivon) is a four-sided spinning top, played with during the Jewish…
"Drag" is sometimes given the backronym (back acronym) of "DRess(ed) As a Girl" or "Dressed Resembling A Girl." The Oxford English Dictionary records "drag"…
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was formed in 1973 to combat drug smuggling. The DEA nickname "Drunk Every Afternoon" has been cited in print since at least 1993. "DEA…
The "drinking straw effect" in oil drilling can occur, for example, in the Gulf of Mexico, where American and Mexican companies both drill. If someone has an extra long "drinking…
A "drinksicle" (drink + popsicle) is any drink -- alcoholic or non-alcoholic -- frozen into a popsicle. "Drink-sicle" was cited in print in 1959, when it referred to a popsicle…