Chocolate lovers often say that there are "four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles." The saying has been cited in print since at…
"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.…
Historic American inns often make the overused claim: "George Washington slept here." George Washington fought in New York City and was inaugurated president in New York City (briefly the…
"Fweedom" (freedom + weed) is a word used by people who want to legalize marijuana in the United States. At the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert "Rally to Restore Sanity" in…
The Fox News Channel (headquartered in Manhattan) has often been criticized for conservative bias. The profane nickname “Fux News" has been used by some critics of Fox News since at least…
"Centroplex" is an imitation of "Metroplex" (Dallas/Fort Worth, trademarked from January 1972). In December 1972, the Dallas-area city of Grand Prairie briefly used the name…
"Petroplex" is an imitation of "Metroplex" (Dallas/Fort Worth, trademarked from January 1972). The west Texas cities of Midland and Odessa -- where petroleum is the most…
Floydada (the county seat of Floyd County) calls itself "Pumpkin Capital USA." About one million pumpkins come from Floydada's 1,500 acres. In 1987, Floydada began its "Punkin…
"Cool beans!" is an exclamation meaning "Excellent!" or "Wonderful!" The term "cool beans" appears to have been used in the Cheech and Chong movie Up in…