Naked Cake (cake without outer icing)
A "naked cake" is a caked with unfrosted sides. Wedding cakes are popular versions of the naked cake. "Naked cake" has been cited on Twitter since 2009 and became popular by…
Archive for 11/2015
“I couldn’t pay my doctor, so he gave me another six months to live”
American comedican Henny Youngman (1906-1998) frequently told of a doctor who gave a man only six months to live. The man couldn't pay his medical bills, so the doctor gave him another six…
“In a relationship with food”
"In a relationship with food" is a saying that has been printed on GIFs. "Hannah is now listed as in a relationship with food" was cited on Twitter on March 10, 2009.…
“Do I know any sodium jokes? Na”
"Do I know any sodium jokes? Na" is a joke that has been printed on many images. "'Know any good jokes abt Sodium?' 'Na'" was cited on Twitter on July 15,…
“It takes only one drink to get me drunk—usually the fourth one”
"Remember, it takes only one drink to make you drunk. With me, it's the fourth one," syndicated New York entertainment columnist Earl WIlson (1907-1987) wrote in 1962, crediting the…
Piecaken (pie + cake + turducken)
"Piecaken" (pie + cake) is a dish that was inspired by "turducken" (turkey + duck+ chicken). Several pies are all made into a cake. CakeSpy's "Cookie Cake Pie" in…
“Why did the pie go to the dentist?”/“To get a filling.”
A popular pie joke on National Pie Day (January 23), Pi Day (March 14) and Thanksgiving (November) is: Q: Why did he pie go to the dentist?A: To get a filling. The joke has been cited in print…
“I’m thinking about running a marathon again” (joke)
A joke about running the marathon was cited on reddit in November 2015: Me: "I'm thinking about running a marathon again."Her: "Wow, you have ran a marathon before?"Me:…
“You go to New York to become somebody; you to go Los Angeles to become famous”
"You go to New York to become somebody; you to go Los Angeles to become famous" is a saying that's popular in the entertainment industry. "If you want to make money, you go to…
“The only man able to stop Michael Jordan was Dean Smith”
"The only man able to stop Michael Jordan was Dean Smith," a popular professional basketball saying goes. Dean Smith's was Michael Jordan's college coach at the University of…
“Never judge a book by its movie”
"You can't judge a book by its cover" -- meaning that outward appearance isn't everything -- is a proverb that dates to at least 1929. "Never judge a book by its…
“More people like baseball than football because they don’t need a college education to get tickets”
Football before 1940 was less popular than baseball and was mostly played on the college level. The National Football League (NFL) was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football…
“We’re working to develop a university the football team can be proud of”
A higher education joke asks: Is it a university with a football team, or a football team with a university? Dr. Charles Dan Procter, president of the Oklahoma College for Women (now the University…
“It is only after a man gets rich that he discovers how many poor relatives he has”
People are attracted to wealth -- especially a rich person's relatives. "A man never knows how many relatives he has until he becomes successful in life" was cited in Mr. Punch, His…
PITS (Philippines + Indonesia + Thailand + Singapore)
The acronym “PIT” (Philippines + Indonesia + Thailand) stands for the economies of these three ASEAN nations and has been cited in print since at least December 2001, when the term was used by…
Retirement Spending Smile
David Blanchett, head of retirement research at Morningstar Investment Management in Chicago, Illinois, coined the term "retirement spending smile" in 2013. Retirees usually have less…
“Freshmen want to play, sophomores want to start, juniors want to score and seniors want to win”
A 2006 book about Notre Dame college football stated an uncredited adage: "Freshmen just want to play and earn a letter. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to win. And seniors are…
“Guinness doesn’t travel well” (drink adage)
Guinness is a favorite drink in Dublin, Ireland. Although Guinness is available in many countries, many people insist that only the Dublin product is the true Guinness. 'Guinness doesn't…
“From ‘How did I get here?’ to ‘How did they get here?’” (Washington politics)
An old political joke has a newcomer elected to Washington, DC. The newly elected member looks around and sees all the famous politicians. "How did I get here?" the member asks himself,…
Criminalgo (criminal + algo)
Algorithmic trading systems ("algos") use mathematical formulas to buy and sell securities. High-frequency trading (HFT) is a type of algorithmic trading (or "algo") that uses…