“I went to Legoland last week. People were lined up for blocks”
"I went to legoland last week and it was packed. People were lined up for blocks" was posted on Twitter by "my puns have a Claus and effect" on November 8, 2018. Legos are…
Archive for 12/2018
“Brunch is breakfast without an alarm clock”
"Brunch is breakfast without an alarm clock" means that brunch is breakfast for someone who woke up late (without an alarm clock). "Brunch is breakfast without an alarm clock"…
“Do Santa’s cookies pair well with white wine? Asking for a friend”
"Do Santa’s cookies pair well with white wine? Asking for a friend" is a jocular Christmas saying. The joke was posted on Twitter by kes 🦁's on December 4, 2017, but authorship…
Suicide Pinnacle (observation balcony at Singer Building)
The Singer Building or Singer Tower, a 47-story office building for the Singer Sewing Machine Company located at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, was the tallest building in the world when…
“People who use selfie sticks really need to have a good, long look at themselves”
"People who use selfie sticks need to take a long look at themselves" was posted on Twitter by David Mason on December 27, 2014. The statement is literally true because selfie sticks…
“Tis the season to be freezin’”
"'Tis the season to be freezin'" is a winter saying that has been printed on many images. "Tis the season to be freezin'" was printed in the Casa Grande (AZ)…
“The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends”
"The magic of Christmas never ends, and its greatest of gifts are family and friends" is a Christmas saying that has been printed on many images. "The Magic of Christmas never ends…
“I’m only a morning person on December 25th”
"I'm only a morning person on December 25th" is a Christmas saying that has been printed on many images. People like to wake up early and check out their Christmas presents.…
Schrödinger’s Money
The paradox of "Schrödinger's cat" is sometimes joked as "Schrödinger's cash" or "Schrödinger's money" -- something that is both there and not there.…
“Schrödinger’s Cash: When you don’t know how much is in your bank account”
The paradox of "Schrödinger's cat" is sometimes joked as "Schrödinger's cash" or "Schrödinger's money" -- something that is both there and not there.…
“When the weatherman broke both arms and legs, he called about his four casts”
"Forecasts" sounds like "four casts." A weather pun was printed in the Daily Mail (London, UK) on September 14, 1999: "Two weathermen each broke an arm and a leg in an…
Motherfuckers Touching my Ass (Metropolitan Transportation Authority or MTA nickname)
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates the subways and buses in New York City. The Scissor Sisters are a New York-based band, and the lyrics in its song "Let's Have a…
Second City of the World
The nickname "Second City of the World" (or "Second City in the World") was popularized with the 1898 consolidation of Manhattan, Brooklyn and other areas into Greater New York.…
“I like to put German wine in my cooking on an add hock basis”
"Hock" is a British term for German white wine. Some puns have "add hock" instead of "ad hoc." "I didn’t have set people to specifically calculate how much…
Little Dominican Republic (Washington Heights and Inwood)
The northern Manhattan communities of Washington Heights and Inwood have received many immigrants from the Dominican Republic since the 1960s. "The little Dominican Republics of Washington…
Little Caribbean (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
The Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn has, since at least the 1980s, added many immigrants from the Caribbean. "We stopped in East Flatbush, known as Little Caribbean" was printed in the…
Quackarazzi (quack + paparazzi)
A rare Mandarin duck (with pink, purple, orange and emerald green plumage) was spotted in Central Park in December 2018. So many people took photos of the duck that a new word was coined --…
Gun City (gun + Fun City)
New York City Mayor John Lindsay, when viewing a crippling transit strike and other troubles at the beginning of his administration in 1966, remarked, "I still think it's a fun…
“Why didn’t the Mexican archer fire his bow?”/“He didn’t habanero.”
"Habanero" sounds a little like "have an arrow." A riddle is: Q: Why didn't the Mexican archer fire his bow?A: He didn't habanero. "Why couldn't the Mexican…
The Deuce (42nd Street)
"Forty Deuce," or "Deuce" for short, is (or was) West 42nd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue. The term dates from the seedy 1960s and 1970s, when the block…