Buttermilk Pie
Buttermilk pie is popular all over the South, but it's especially popular in Texas. In West Texas -- where there's not always enough fruit for fruit pies -- buttermilk pie is a classic…
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ButtFeed (butt + BuzzFeed)
BuzzFeed is a New York City-based internet media company. MTS's animated sitcom Beavis and Butt-Head did a BuzzFeed parody called "ButtFeed" on October 25, 2011. The BuzzFeed…
Buy/Sell the Brooklyn Bridge
"Don't buy the Brooklyn Bridge!" This classic piece of advise is given to visitors to New York City. In the early years of this century, people were swindled. I'd like to add…
Buying Stampede
A "buying stampede" occurs when many buyers (such as stock market "bulls") all charge to buy something. The term "buying stampede" has been cited in print since at…
Buzz Bar (coffee and alcohol bar)
A "buzz bar" is a coffee bar or coffeehouse that serves alcohol as well as coffee. The term "buzz bar" was popularized by the article "New buzz bars serve beer and wine, as…
Buzzard Boulevard (Broadway)
"Back to Broadway, otherwise known as Buzzard Boulevard," Broadway columnist Mark Hellinger (1903-1947) wrote in 1933. Hellinger meant that Broadway was full of buzzards -- human vultures…
Buzzard’s Breath Chili
Buzzard's Breath Chili was the winning recipe at the CHili Appreciation Society's International Cookoff in Terlingua, Texas, in either 1971 or 1977 (the below accounts differ). The same…
Buzzetti
Coco Pazzeria (307 Spring Street in Manhattan) opened in 2021 and served, according to its menu, "Buzzetti - Open face 'mini calzone.'" "The menu offers buzzetti, which are…
BW3 (Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck nickname)
Buffalo Wild Wings is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise, founded in Ohio in 1982. It was originally called Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck (after "beef on weck"…
Bwanker (banker + wanker)
"Bwanker" (banker + wanker) is, like the word "wanker," more popular in the United Kingdom than in the United States. A "bwanker" is a banker who is a wanker (or…
BX (Bronx)
"BX" has long meant "the Bronx," but the hip-hop popularity of the term dates from the mid-late 1990s. "BK" has been used for Brooklyn. Urban Dictionarybxshort for the…
By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand (Mercantile Library)
"By Hammer and Hand All Arts Do Stand" symbolizes the Mercantile Library. Its logo features an arm and hammer. The "by hammer and hand" slogan has been used in New York City…
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag)
"BYOB" doesn't always stand for "Bring Your Own Bottle." "BYOB Bring Your Own Bag" has been printed on many images. Stores request customers to bring their own…
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle, Bring Your Own Beer); BYOL (Bring Your Own Liquor)
"BYOB" ("bring your own bottle" or "bring your own beer") and "BYOL" ("bring your own liquor") are initials that date back to the Prohibition…
BYOM (Bring Your Own Meat)
BYOM (Bring Your Own Meat) is a practice at some barbecues. The BBQ establishment lends the use of its smokers, but participants must bring their own meat (steaks, hamburgers, chicken, ribs, et…
C-note ($100 bill)
A "C-note" is slang for a $100 bill. "C" is the Roman numeral for one hundred; "note" means Federal Reserve Note. "Laid his 'C' note right on the old…
C.C.N.Y. (Christian College Now Yiddish)
This nickname for CCNY (City College of New York) doesn't have much circulation now, but is perhaps worth recording. http://www.jewishpress.com/news_article.asp?article=1972(Posted 1-8-2003 -…
Cab Calloway’s “Hepster’s Dictionary” (1938, 1944)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He published a "Hepster's Dictionary" in 1938, with another edition in 1944. The dictionary contained much Harlem…
Cabal News Network (CNN nickname)
The Cable News Network (now called CNN) began in 1980 as the first all-news 24-hour television network. Some who ridicule CNN have called it the "Cabal News Network." The word…
Cabbage Night (October 30th)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Other Halloween-related nights include Chalk Night, Corn Night, Devil's Night, Doorbell Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Mischief Night, Moving Night and Soap Night.…