“13” or “Thirteen” (the boss is around—watch out)
Newspapers.com23 May 1933, Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), "On Broadway" by Walter Winchell, pg. 10, col. 4: Code. A Hollywood soda-jerker forwards this glossary of soda-fountain lingo out…
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“97” or “Ninety-seven” (vegetable soup)
Newspapers.com 10 August 1941, Atlanta (GA) Constitution, "The Code that Speeds Soda Fountain Service" by Yolande Gwin, Magazine, sec. D, pg. 5, col. 7: Vegetable soup, termed as…
“81” or “Eighty-one” (a glass of water)
Newspapers.com 20 October 1921, San Antonio (TX) Evening News, "Dr. Socrates Cicero Jones...," pg. 14, col. 4: 81, a glass of water. Newspapers.com 27 June 1926, The Morning Examiner…
Hail (ice); “Hold the hail” (hold the ice)
Newspapers.com 6 June 1922, Oklahoma City (OK) Times, "Chatter of Soda Jerkers Has a Jazz Flavor All Its Own, Experts Declare," pg. 7, col. 7: "Sky juice, sky high, heavey on the…
“51” or “Fifty-one” (hot chocolate)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“41” or “Forty-one” (orangeade)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“31” or “Thirty-one” (lemonade)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“21” or “Twenty-one” (limeade)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“10” or “Ten” (root beer)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
Tin Fanny (old taxicab)
"Tin fanny -- Old taxicab" was included in a glossary of taxi slang issued by the New York Taxicab Chamber of Commerce, and printed in the Springfield (MA) Daily Republican on January 7,…
Synagogue Twins (fried ham and eggs)
Jewish law does not permit eating pork. This fact found its way into restaurant slang, where “synagogue twins” became the slang for an order of fried ham and eggs. "'Synagogue…
“From a very young age, I knew something was wrong with everyone else”
Many people discover that something is wrong with them. This joke was posted on X/Twitter by "user" on January 15, 2026, and it received over 36,000 likes: "From a very young age I…
Coffee-pot Lawyer (talkative taxi driver)
A "coffee-pot lawyer" is a New York City term for a taxicab driver who is opinionated and very talkative. The term has been cited from 1932 and is of mostly historical interest today.…
“Never trust anyone named Chris. If Chris crossed applesauce, what do you think he’ll do to you?”
Wiktionary: criss-cross applesauce Adverb criss-cross applesauce (not comparable) 1. (childish, US, regional, idiomatic) (of sitting): Cross-legged. Sit criss-cross applesauce. Usage notes…
“Someone called me lazy today. I almost responded”
"Someone called me lazy today. I almost responded" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker is too lazy to respond to an insult. "Someone called me lazy…
“I feel I should clean the house, so I’m going to lie down and take a nap until that feeling passes”
X/Twitter Steven David @thestevendavid I feel I should clean the house, so I'm going to lie down and take a nap until that feeling passes. 11:33 AM · Jan 1, 2025
“Everything tastes better on Friday”
X/Twitter CoCo @unhingebinge Everything tastes better on Friday! 9:08 AM · May 1, 2026
“Never let anyone treat you like a yellow Starburst. You are a pink Starburst”
"Never let anyone treat you like a yellow Starburst. You are a pink Starburst" is a jocular motivational saying that has been printed on many images. “Don’t let anyone treat you like…
“Most of my decisions are loosely based on whether or not it’s illegal, or merely frowned upon”
"Most of my decisions are loosely based on whether or not it’s illegal, or merely frowned upon" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker is joking about his…
“If vaccines worked, only the elite would be vaccinated”
"If vaccines worked, only the elite would be vaccinated" is an anti-vaccination saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker believes that the elite operate on what is best…