The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used to be called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, but is still commonly known as the ATF. Not everyone thinks that alcohol,…
Chick-fil-A is a fast food chain restaurant that specializes in chicken sandwiches, chicken nuggets and chicken strips. The founders of the company have Christian beliefs and the restaurants are…
The Bayway Refinery on New York harbor in Bayway, New Jersey, was built by Standard Oil in 1907-08 and is currently owned by Phillips 66. The refinery processes 238,000 barrels of gas per day and…
Sam (strongside linebacker), Mike (middle linebacker) and Will (weakside linebacker) are football position nicknames in the 4-3 defense. Tom Landry (1924-2000), the New York Giants defensive…
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, left 27 people dead and was a major national news story for weeks, prompting many people to push for gun…
"Brexit” (Great Britain/British + exit) is a word created to define a possible British exit from the eurozone. "Brexit" has been cited in print since at least May 2012. A similar…
The financial term "Great Rebalancing" was cited by Newsweek on June 26. 2006: "I think we'll look back and 2006 will seem possibly like the middle phase of what you might call…
"Fake it until/'til/till you make it" means that one should act successful until one actually is successful. That means having the right clothes or the right car. A similar proverb…
"You cannot wake up someone who is only pretending to be asleep" is a proverb that has been cited in many cultures -- including India, Navajo (Native American), Ethiopia, Somalia, Iraq,…
Johnny Rockets is a 1950s-style American chain restaurant, specializing in hamburgers, french fries, shakes and malts. The "Big Apple" shake was introduced by at least 2005 -- a vanilla…
A "beerita" (beer + margarita) is a drink composed of beer, tequila, and lime juice or limeade or lemonade. "Beerita" appears to have been cited in print in 2005, but was…
"There's more than one way to skin a cat" means that there are more ways than one of doing things. John Ray's A Collection of English Proverbs (1678) included "There are…
Shuffling in Harlem was popularized by the very successful African American musical revue Shuffle Along (1921). The revue starred Josephine Baker (1906-1975), who was described by a newspaper in…
The Harlem Shake, according to an 2003 interview by Inside Hoops by a man named "Al B" who developed his drunken shake in 1981 and performed it at the Entertainer's Basketball…
The Harlem Shake is a dance video that became popular in February 2013. Baauer - Harlem Shake (Rip) is a YouTube video that was published on April 8, 2012, but it didn't contain the dance. The…
"Pearl diver" is a nickname for a person who washes dishes -- someone who "dives" for dishes in hot, greasy water. 'Pearl diver" has been cited in print since at least…
À la minute is a French cooking term meaning "at a minute." Restaurants that prepare food à la minute prepare food when it is ordered, and often such foods are prepared in front of the…
A "quesarito" (quesadilla + burrito) is a cheese quesadilla wrap with burrito fillings. Taco Bell had filed for a trademark for "quesarito" in 1986, but the trademark protection…
A "crushtomer" (crush + customer) is a customer who someone working at the store has a crush on. The term "crushtomer" has been cited in print since at least March 2008, when it…
A "sipster" (sip + -ster, hipster) is someone who sips. An 1896 dictionary of slang included "sipster" with other term describing someone who is drunk; a 1995 slang dictionary…