Mexploitation (Mexican + exploitation)
"Mexploitation" (Mexican + exploitation) is a film genre, like the similarly named "blaxploitation" films. The films are usually low-budget and feature crime, drugs, sex and…
Archive for 09/2010
“The Newspaper That Can’t Be Bought” (Village Voice)
The Village Voice weekly newspaper first published on October 26, 1955. In April 1996, the Village Voice became free. The Village Voice announced the free newspaper policy with a new slogan:…
Runnin’ Scared (Village Voice column)
"Runnin' Scared" is the name of a political news column (and later, a blog) in the Village Voice newspaper and on its website. The newspaper column was started in the late 1960s by…
GOTV (Get Out The Vote)
"GOTV" is a political abbreviation for "get out the vote." "GOTV" has been cited in print from at least 1981. A "GOTV" campaign is usually not to get…
Chilly Dog (ice cream on a hot dog bun)
The "chilly dog" borrows from the name of "chili dog." The "chilly dog" contains no chili and no meat of any kind. According to Cakespy, a "chilly dog" is…
“They talk about me like a dog”
The boxer Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) prepared for a rematch against Sonny Liston in May 1965. "They gonna talk about me like a dog when I lose, so when I win I let them all know it," Ali…
Commiecrat (commie + Democrat)
"Commiecrat" (commie + Democrat) is an epithet used by some on the political right who believe that the Democrat Party is so far to the left that it practices Communist policies. The term…
Y’all Mahal (Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington)
Cowboys Stadium (the new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys football team, located in Arlington, TX) was completed in May 2009. The stadium was so expensive and iconic that it was compared to…
The only town in Texas that’s Knott Texas (Knott slogan)
Jim Hightower wrote in 1993: "There's a town motto that I especially like. It's for a little west Texas burg called Knot (sic). Its slogan is: 'The only town in Texas…
Poligion (politics + religion)
"Poligion" (politics + religion) is when religion and politics combine. The word "poligion" has been cited in print since at least 2001. The similar (but somewhat awkward) word…
Religitics (religion + politics)
"Religitics" (religion + politics) is when religion and politics combine. The word "religitics" has one citation from 1988, but has been in steady (but infrequent) use since…
Little Afghanistan (Flushing, Queens)
New York City is home to a small Afghan community. Flushing has been called "Little Afghanistan" since at least 1988, although the community numbers only a few thousand. Habibullah…
Defeatocrat (defeat + Democrat)
"Defeatocrat" (defeat + Democrat) was coined by conservative columnist Mark Steyn on December 4, 2005. Steyn was writing about how Democrat politicians in the United States seemingly…
“Heart attack in a bag”
"Heart attack in a bag" is a meal loaded with potentially artery-clogging food. "Heart attack in a bag" is cited in print since at least January 1995 and first described fast…
“Heart attack in a bottle” (“Heart attack in a can”)
"Heart attack in a bottle" (or "heart attack in a can") is a product loaded with potential artery-cloggers. "Heart attack in a can" is cited in print since at least…
“Heart attack on a bun” (“Cholesterol on a bun”)
"Heart attack on a bun" (or "cholesterol on a bun") is a dish loaded with potentially artery-clogging food. "Heart attack on a bun" is cited in print since at least…
“Heart attack on a stick” (“Cholesterol on a stick”)
"Heart attack on a stick" (or "cholesterol on a stick) is a dish loaded with potentially artery-clogging food. "Heart attack on a stick" is cited in print since at least…
“Heart attack on a plate” (“Cholesterol on a plate”)
"Heart attack on a plate" (or "cholesterol on a plate") is a dish loaded with potentially artery-clogging food. "Heart attack on a plate" is cited in print since at…
“Death eating a cracker”
To look or to feel like "death eating a cracker" is not to look or to feel well at all. Death always looks like death, despite eating a cracker, a cookie, a sandwich, or anything else.…
“Death on toast”
To look or to feel like "death on toast" is not to look or to feel well at all. The expression "like death on toast" means the same as "like death warmed over"…