"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A hyperbole version is: "Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely…
"H-Town" ia hip-hop nickname for the city of Houston. Several cities were called "h-town" in CB language that existed in the 1970s. However, hip-hop probably didn't borrow…
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterBeingfamous@bngfmsnews[SFC] H2No: Calif officials urge water conservation: State officials reported a smaller Sierra snowpack tha.. http://tinyurl.com/dz46ut3:48…
New York magazine called New York City "Habibi City" for its cover story in August 2026. In 2026, New York City had its first Muslim mayor in Zohran Mamdani. "Hababi" is Arabic,…
"Habanero" is a hot variety of chili pepper. "Hablanero" -- "habla" is Spanish for "speak" -- is a joke. "El hablanero pimiento, the speaking…
Shaquille O'Neal was a powerful force in the NBA when he got the basketball near the basket, but he was only a .527 career free throw shooter. Teams tried a "hack-a-Shaq" strategy --…
Entry in progress -- B.P.Honda Wikipedia: HondaHonda Motor Company, Limited (本田技研工業株式会社 Honda Giken Kōgyō KK?, IPA: [hoɴda]; /ˈhɒndə/) is a Japanese public multinational…
Newspapers.com 6 June 1922, Oklahoma City (OK) Times, "Chatter of Soda Jerkers Has a Jazz Flavor All Its Own, Experts Declare," pg. 7, col. 7: "Sky juice, sky high, heavey on the…
The famous "Hail Mary" pass was Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach's throw to wide receiver Drew Pearson in a December 28, 1975 football game against the Minnesota Vikings.…
CNBC Squawk on the Street host Mark Haines (1946-2011) went on the air on March 10, 2009 and declared that there was a bottom to the stock market. "I'm going to step out on a limb…
"Hairbag" (also "hair bag" and "hairbagger") is slang for a veteran police officer. The exact meaning of the slang term (cited in print since 1958) is unknown, but a…
I couldn't find historical citations for "Haircut Street," but if our tourism website says it's so, then it must be. http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=1195Pell…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Hairy Man FestivalThe History of the Hairy Man Festival The Hairy Man Festival has been an annual event since 1994. It is a family-oriented festival that has raised…
The New York Road Runners began a "half-marathon" competition in 2006. http://www.nyrr.org/nychalf/home.phpSunday, August 27- New York City, NYMake history by being part of the inaugural…
"Half Of My Energy Wasted On Random Knowledge" is a popular backronym (back acronym) of the word "homework" and has appeared on many images. "H.O.M.E.W.O.R.K. = half of my…
"Half-and-half" is -- among other combinations -- half cream and half milk, a dairy product frequently added to coffee. Rules were made in 1954 by state and city health departments and…
"Half-and-half" (or "half-'n'-half") iced tea is half sweet tea and half unsweetened iced tea. The drink is popular in the South, where sweet tea (with lots and lots…
A "half-and-half" pizza (also sometimes called a "split" pie) is a pizza with different toppings on each half. For example, one half could have a pepperoni topping and the other…
Something that is "half-baked" is something that is not fully cooked or fully developed. "Half-baked" can apply to a food (as the term originally was), or it can apply to an…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Half-smokeA half-smoke is a type of sausage found in the United States capital of Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region. A half-smoke is similar to a…