Forkage Fee (Cakeage Fee)
A "corkage fee" (or "corkage") is often charged by restaurants when diners bring in their own bottles of wine. When someone brings food into a restaurant, that restaurant might…
Archive for 03/2010
IINO (Independent In Name Only)
IINO (Independent In Name Only) is a spinoff term from the earlier RINO (Republican In Name Only). “RINO” is cited in print from 1992; "IINO" has been cited in print since September…
Crack Pie
"Crack pie" is a specialty of Momofuku Milk Bar and Bakery, at Second Avenue and 13th Street in Manhattan. The dessert name has been trademarked with a first use date of November 15,…
PINO (Patriot In Name Only; Progressive In Name Only)
PINO (Patriot In Name Only or Progressive In Name Only) is a spinoff term from the earlier RINO (Republican In Name Only). “RINO” is cited in print from 1992. "PINO" (Progressive In…
“Happiness is a Texan headed south with an Okie under each arm”
Many Texans and Oklahomans arrived in Alaska from 1974-1977 to work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. A popular bumper sticker in Alaska (cited from at least 1976) was: ""Happiness is a Texan…
FCINO (Fiscal Conservative In Name Only)
FCINO (Fiscal Conservative In Name Only) is a spinoff term from the earlier RINO (Republican In Name Only). “RINO” is cited in print from 1992; "FCINO" was cited once in print in…
“Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?”
"Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?" is a joke that was popularized by baseball relief pitcher Larry Andersen in 1988. The joke centers on the name "sour cream," but…
“If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?”
"If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?" is a humorous saying, dating to at least February 1998. Other spellings are "If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you…
Creepocrat (Creep-o-crat)
Conservative political writer Michelle Malkin wrote about the term "creep-ocrat" on her blog and her Twitter account on March 9, 2010. A "creep-o-crat" (or…
“No Vacancy” (bumper sticker)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 1 January 1980, New York (NY) Times, "House Hunters Turning to Shrinking Rental Market" by Howell Raines, pg. 12: Profit and loss aside, the number of renters…
“That money talks, I’ll not deny, I heard it once: It said, ‘Goodbye’”
"Money talks” (meaning that money has influence) is an old financial saying, cited in print in various forms from before 1700. "Money talks" was printed in several American…
“He couldn’t sell watermelons with the highway patrol blocking traffic”
A January 2005 blog post credited Jim Hightower with this phrase: "[W]e are upper-crust, elite intellectual snobs who couldn’t sell watermelons if we had the Highway Patrol blocking traffic…
Conventional Wisdom
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktionaryconventional wisdom (plural conventional wisdoms)A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close…
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: George WashingtonGeorge Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731]– December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from…
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksThe Yale Book of QuotationsEdited by Fred R. ShapiroNew Haven, CT: Yale University Press2006Pg. 369:Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)English-born U.S. comedian,…
“You don’t put robbers to work in a bank”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Bartleby.comRespectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989NUMBER: 1588 AUTHOR: Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) QUOTATION: Will one of you gentlemen tell me in what…
“To be disillusioned, one first must be illusioned”
"To become disillusioned you must earlier have been illusioned," wrote Paul Fussell in 1982. Fussell was referring to childhood and growing up. Voters often become disillusioned with a…
Nomentum (“no” momentum)
A minority party is sometimes called a "party of 'no,'" saying "no" to the majority party's agenda. When members of the majority party also disagree with some of…
“Throw the rascals out!”
Entry in progress -- B.P. A modern jocular variant is "Throw the Rascals In!" Wikipedia: List of U.S. presidential campaign slogansTurn the Rascals Out - 1872 anti-Grant slogan against…
“Ticker tape ain’t spaghetti”
"Ticker tape ain't spaghetti," said Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947), the director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, in March 1946. La Guardia…