The global warming documentary film An Inconvenient Truth (2006) was successful, and other similar documentaries followed. "Global warming is now thought to be a leading cause of…
"The original point and click interface" (a gun) is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. "Smith & Wesson: the original point-and-click interface" was…
"Glorifying the American Girl" was the slogan of the Ziegfeld Follies (1907-1931). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegfeld_Follies
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…
A jocular definition of a "glutton" appeared (uncredited) in a 1947 newspaper: "A glutton is a person who takes the piece of layer cake you wanted." "GLUTTON: Someone who…
Many online services alert: "Someone has signed into your account!" Often, it's just the user signing on from a different device, but a "panic" joke was posted on Twitter…
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: Genetically modified organismA genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.…
"Go big or go home" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "In the language of the race-track plunger, the choice there has always been the same: Go big or go…
"Go Dutch" means to share a restaurant bill. A joke was posted on Twitter on December 18, 2011: "I was on a dinner date having finished dessert, I asked for the bill. She said,…
The classic directions to go from California to Texas is to go "east until you smell it, south until you step in it." The directions were used in a joke involving Dallas and Fort Worth…
Sichuan/Szechuan/Szechwan cuisine can be spicy. "Szechuan" can sound like "set you on." Many restaurants and restaurant dishes/sauces have been named…
"Go fight city hall" or "You can't fight city hall" means to take on the powerful -- usually, a thankless and a futile task. "City hall" means the city…
"Gusto" means "taste," "liking" and "pleasure." The word "gusto" was featured in many ads for Schlitz beer. "The beer with the real…
"Go ham" is a rap expression that has been printed on posters and T-shirts. Gucci Mane - Go Ham On Em was uploaded on YouTube on February 19, 2008, and Soulja Boy - Go Ham On Em was…
Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes (1991) by author and illustrator Jon Agee popularized a food palindrome (a sentence reading the same forwards and backwards). Agee…
"Go hard or go home" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Go hard or go home -- (be sure of what you say or be careful)" was printed in a "1942…
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" is often incorrectly credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), but Emerson never wrote it.…
"Go peddle your papers!" is an old expression meaning to "go away." Boys in New York City in the late 19th century made money by selling newspapers. Someone who didn't want…
The city of Round Rock, Texas, had been called the "Sports Capital of Texas" since after the 2000 opening of the Dell Diamond stadium. The city then wanted to emphasize non-sports…
"To go the whole hog" (that is, to go all the way) is an Americanism that dates back to January 1828. Supporters of presidential candidate Andrew Jackson were called "whole hog"…