“Cauliflower is just scared broccoli”
"Did you know that cauliflower is just scared broccoli" is a joke line of comedian Harland Williams. The line has been cited in print since at least 2009. Broccoli is green, but…
Archive for 03/2014
“Waiter, I want a table for dinner!”/“Boiled or roasted, sir?”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksBlonde Walks into a Bar: The 4,000 Most Hilarious, Gut-Busting Gags, One-liners and JokesBy Jonathan SwanBerkeley, CA: Ulysses Press2008Pg. ?:Waiter, waiter,…
Liberty Tax (healthcare penalty to opt out)
Matt Drudge, creator and editor of the American news aggregation website Drudge Report, did not want to purchase health insurance as required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…
Donnoli or Danolli (donut + cannoli)
A "donnoli" or ""danolli" is a hybrid of a donut and a cannoli. Psycho Donuts (Bay area, CA) introduced the "danolli" in August 2013. Zagat explained: "A…
Not Caring About Athletes (NCAA backronym)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit association that organizes collegiate athletic programs. Athletes are not paid salaries, and some people have accused the NCAA of…
Brain Freeze
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Ice-cream headacheAn ice-cream headache, also known as brain freeze, cold-stimulus headache, or its given scientific name sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia…
Fedian Slip (Federal Reserve + Freudian slip)
A "Freudian slip" is when one makes an error in speech that, unintentionally, might reveal a truth. The financial blog Zero Hedge, on March 21, 2014, had the headline, "Stocks Slump…
Drunchies (drink + munchies)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Urban Dictionarydrunchiesa state of hunger preceded by the intake of alcoholic beveragesAfter consuming a few beers at the party, I came down with a bad case of the…
Bean to Bar
Entry in progress -- B.P. Twitter Adrienne Newman@MadameCocoaOoo! New domestic bean-to-bar, micro-batch Potomac Chocolate Co. "in progress", testing out beans and equipment....…
JewTube or JooTube (Jew + YouTube)
YouTube is a video-sharing website that began in 2005. Some people believe that the Jews control the media. "The late Steve Allen on the Jew-tube" was cited in print in January 2005,…
Jewgle or Joogle (Jew + Google)
Entry in progress -- B.P.Google Wikipedia: GoogleGoogle is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include search, cloud computing,…
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden (“golf” backronym)
The etymology of the word "golf" is uncertain, but it's unlikely that "golf" is an acronym. It is sometimes claimed that "golf" is an acronym of a sign that was…
Super Flagger
YouTube (a video-sharing website owned by Google) started a "super flagger" program in 2014 that allowed special individuals to "flag" certain videos that are found…
“Fishing is a humbling sport”
Many sports have been described as a "humbling sport." Fishing has been called a "humbling sport" because the fish can be biting one day and not biting the next -- and…
“The most important ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people”
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people" is a line that has been credited to Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). Dale Carnegie…
“Success is that old ABC: Ability, Breaks and Courage”
"Success is that old ABC: Ability, Breaks and Courage" has been credited to American businessman and architect Charles Luckman (1909-1999). It's not certain in what form or when…
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it”
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it" has been credited to professional American football pioneer George Halas (1895-1983) since 1996. It's not known when (or if) he said this…
Speckenwolf Pizza (Specken Wolf Pizza)
Roberta's restaurant, at 261 Moore Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, opened in 2008. One popular pizza has been "Specken Wolf" or "Speckenwolf" -- mozzarella, oregano, onion,…
Cajun Ketchup (Tabasco sauce nickname)
Tabasco sauce (a hot sauce made from tabasco peppers, vinegar and salt) has been produced by the McIlhenny family since 1868. The sauce is produced at Avery Island, Louisiana. The Tabasco nickname…
Crazy Basketball Association (Continental Basketball Association or CBA nickname)
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) was the unofficial minor league of the National Basketball Association (NBA); it operated under the CBA name from 1978 until its end in 2009. The CBA…