Superbowlian (Super Bowlian)
The Super Bowl is the National Football League's championship game. "Superbowlian" (or "Super Bowlian") -- the adjective -- reflects things about or like the Super Bowl;…
Archive for 01/2015
“A grasshopper walks into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A popular joke involving a grasshopper (hinting at the Grasshopper cocktail) is: "A…
“I’ll take the lobster home to dinner” (joke)
Lobsters are sold live, and there is a joke about someone getting a live lobster. "Great! I'll take him home to dinner!" the receiving person declares. "Oh no, don't do…
Communist Core (Communist + Common Core)
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (or "Common Core") is an educational program to teach common standards in United States schools. Critics have claimed that it teaches students…
“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”
Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemons, 1835-1910) said in an interview with Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in Elmira, New York, in 1889 (published in Kipling's From Sea to Sea in…
“What do you call a pig that knows karate?”/“A pork chop.”
A popular food joke is: Q: What do you call a pig that does karate? A: A pork chop. The joke was published in Boys' Life in 1978 (and has been resubmitted by many other readers and published…
“Crime in multi-story car parks is wrong on so many levels”
English writer and comedian Tim Vine was runner-up for the best joke of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with: “Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.”…
“You must have great pots and pans” (joke)
A popular photography joke has a photographer invited to a dinner, where he shows some photographs. "I love these photographs!" the host says. "You must have a great camera."…
Phony Fake Show
Terrible Tim played the song "Phony Fake Show" in a YouTube video on October 23, 2014. The short song quickly became a "truther" anthem for an event that is perceived to be a…
Patio Pounder (wine)
A "patio pounder" is an inexpensive-to-moderately priced wine that one can drink a lot of on a patio in the summer with some friends. "Patio pounders" can also be sold in the…
New Mediocre
The "new normal" referred to economic conditions following the 2007-08 recession and became a buzzword in 2010. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde gave a…
“When it becomes serious, you have to lie”
Jean-Claude Juncker was the PrimeMinister of Luxembourg and the President of the Eurogroup when, on April 20, 2011, he said that Eurozone economic policies should be made in dark secret rooms, away…
“One test is worth a thousand expert opinions”
"One test is worth a thousand expert opinions" is a popular adage in aerospace that has also been used by other fields. Nothing shows that a product works (or doesn't work) like a…
Strollerville (Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Brooklyn's Park Slope became known in the 1990s as a desirable place to raise a family. So many child strollers could be seen on the sidewalks that the term "stroller mafia" (also…
“The early bird makes the coffee”
"The early bird catches the worm” is a proverb dating from at least the 17th century; it means that whoever does something first has the best chance of success. "The early bird makes…
Nor’beaster (nor’easter + beast)
The New York (NY) Post front page of January 26, 2015 announced a massive upcoming snowstorm as a "nor'beaster" (nor'easter + beast). The term had been used before to describe a…
Fuck This Shit O’Clock
"Looks like it's fuck this shit o'clock" is what a frustrated worker says in a popular ecard. "Fuck this shit o'clock" (or "I don't give a shit…
“‘Yay! It’s the weekend!’ Said nobody who works in a restaurant”
"'Yay! It's the weekend! Said nobody who works in a restaurant" is a jocular line that has been printed on several ecards. "'Yay!!! It's the weekend!!!'…
“Feedback is the breakfast is champions”
"Feedback is the breakfast of champions" is a popular business saying that was coined in the bestselling book The One Minute Manager (1981) by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.…
“I would lose weight, but I hate losing”
"I would lose weight, but I hate losing" is a jocular line that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and posters. The saying has been cited on Twitter since July 25,…