EuroStash (developing a basketball player in European leagues)
A "EuroStash" (or "Euro stash") is when a National Basketball Association team drafts a player to play in the European leagues (like a minor league baseball farm system) until…
A "EuroStash" (or "Euro stash") is when a National Basketball Association team drafts a player to play in the European leagues (like a minor league baseball farm system) until…
Did Taki coin the term in the early 1980s? Usage note: it can be Euro-trash, Eurotrash, euro-trash, or eurotrash. It is not a complimentary term for Europeans; refrain from using it. 6 December…
The New Yorker magazine was first published on February 19, 1925. On that first cover was a "dude" or "dandy" who looked at a butterfly through a monocle. His name was…
First, it was simply the "East Side." Then came "Lower East Side" (now L-E-S). Then came "East Village." Now, "EV"? "East Village" became a popular…
"Evacuation Day" celebrates the evacuation of British troops from New York City on November 25, 1783. It used to be a great New York celebration, but now it is almost totally forgotten.…
El Al is the national airline of Israel; "El Al" is Hebrew for "to the skies." The popular El Al backronymic (back acronym) nickname of "Every Landing Always Late" has…
EVil or eVil (East Village) is not popular with the real estate crowd, as you can imagine. http://www.ebway.org/2004_04_01_archives.htmlThursday, April 29, 2004 The 2nd Avenue subway wants your…
The European Union (EU) was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty on November 1, 1993. Some critics of the EU have dubbed it the "Evil Union." "EU = Evil Union" was…
"Evilarchy" (evil + oligarchy) is a term sometimes used instead of "New World Order" or "Bilderberger" or "WEFer" or "Illuminati." An…
"EVOO" (pronounced as individual letters) stands for "extra virgin olive oil." Olive oil has several grades, established by an international food organization; "extra…
The "Ewing Theory" is named after New York Knicks star Patrick Ewing. Although Ewing went down with injury in the 1999 Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks won without him and reached…
Escolar is sometimes mistakenly or fraudulently sold as "white tuna." The fish contains indigestible wax esters and eaters soon spend time in the bathroom. The escolar nickname of…
"Excelsior" ("higher") is sometimes taken to be New York City's motto, but it is a state motto. http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/seal2.htmlMotto. On a silver…
"Exhaustipated" (exhausted + constipated) has been defined in the Urban Dictionary as "To be so tired that you no longer give a shit any more." The term…
An October 2011 Reuters news report detailed that Mexican drug cartels recruit Texas children for their operations. The drug gangs named the children "the expendables." The name was…
Port Arthur is home to several petrochemical industries; several explosions have occurred in the 2000s. The nickname "Explosion Coast" has been cited in print in October 2010, but…
Drew Lausman of Lakeland, Florida, had his late brother give him firecracker explosives in 2011. Lausman started creating what he termed "explosionism" paintings. A story about…
The "express" subway trains skip stops; the "local" trains usually make all stops. The difference is a few minutes. But what to do with those minutes? That has long been the…
"Extend and pretend" is what a lender might do with a "toxic" asset, such as a mortgage. A bank doesn't want to foreclose and take possession of the property, so it often…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was formed in 1970 to protect human health and the environment. Some critics have claimed that the EPA regulates too little during Republican…