“Self-checkouts are for teenagers buying their first condoms”
Teenagers used to be embarrassed making their first condom purchases at drug stores. Now, however, there is self-checkout. "No self checkout was created for every 17 year old boy buying…
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“Self-confidence is the best outfit. Rock it and own it”
Entry in progress -- B.P."Self-confidence is the best outfit. Rock it and own it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. 17 November 2016, US Fed News ServiceUSPTO ISSUES…
“Self-educated people cannot be fooled by institutionalized propaganda”
"Self-educated people cannot be fooled by institutionalized propaganda" is a saying that has been printed on an image. The meme (of uncertain authorship) was posted on Facebook by WhosGot…
“Self-education is the only kind of education there is”
American author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) wrote or edited more than 500 books, covering many different subjects. Asimov wrote about self-education in Science Past, Science Future (1975): "I…
“Sell down to the sleeping point” (Wall Street proverb)
The stock market sometimes causes many people to lose sleep. An old Wall Street proverb is to "sell down to the sleeping point" -- that is, only assume the risk that can make you sleep…
“Sell in May and go away (buy back on St. Leger’s day)” (Halloween Indicator)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Halloween indicatorThe Halloween indicator is a theory that the period from November to April inclusive has significantly stronger stock market growth on…
“Sell like hot cakes” (a fast-selling item)
For something to "sell" (or "go off") "like hotcakes" (or "like hot cakes") is for that thing to sell very quickly -- a great success. The expression has…
“Sell like hotcakes” (a fast-selling item)
For something to "sell" (or "go off") "like hotcakes" (or "like hot cakes") is for that thing to sell very quickly -- a great success. The expression has…
“Sell on Rosh Hashanah, buy on Yom Kippur” (Wall Street adage)
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, followed by Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). Many of New York City's stock traders are Jewish. A Wall Street adage arose by about the 1920s; "Buy…
“Sell the problem, not the solution” (advertising adage)
"Sell the problem, not the solution" is a popular advertising adage. A potential customer must first realize that he or she has a problem -- and then that potential customer will seek a…
“Sell when Business Week says buy” (Business Week cover curse/cover jinx)
"Sell when Business Week says buy" is a reflection of the so-called "Business Week cover curse" (or "Business Week cover jinx"). A magazine's reporting usually…
“Sell when you can, not when you have to”
"Sell when you can, not when you have to" is a market saying of uknown origin, cited in print since at least 1983. One should "sell when you can" (during a rising market, taking…
“Sellers of dried grapes are always raisin awareness”
"Raisin" sounds like "raising." "Sellers of dried grapes are always raisin awareness" is a joke that was posted on the website Pun of the Day in February 2000.…
“Seltzer is just angry water”
"Seltzer is just angry water" is a saying for those who think that carbonation makes water angry. "In my opinion seltzer is just angry water" was posted on Twitter by K8 on June…
“Seltzer tastes like if tv static had flavor”
Many people have compared the taste of sparkling water (seltzer, carbonated water, soda water, club soda) to tv static. "Sparkling water tastes like what I imagine an all static TV channel…
“Seltzer water is just liquid tv static”
Many people have compared the taste of sparkling water (seltzer, carbonated water, soda water, club soda) to tv static. "Sparkling water tastes like what I imagine an all static TV channel…
“Semiconductor: A part-time orchestra leader”
"Semiconductor: A part-time orchestra leader" was posted on the newsgroup misc.legal on February 16, 1992. "'It was not so long ago,' said the politico Geraldine Ferraro,…
“Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army”
Most people credit Katz's Deli for "Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army," but it actually comes from Louie the Waiter. Wikipedia: Katz's DelicatessenKatz's Delicatessen,…
“Sending W-2s out to everyone who’s been in my business all year”
"Sending W-2s out to everyone who's been in my business all year" (or "I will be mailing out W-2s on January 2nd for everyone who was in my business this year") is a…
“September ended. Somebody wake up that guy from Green Day” (October 1 joke)
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a 2005 acoustic ballad by American rock band Green Day. "September ended. Somebody wake up that guy from Green Day" is a popular October 1st…