“Defense never slumps” (baseball adage)
"Defense never slumps is a baseball adage. Hitting can clump and pitching can clump, but defense is usually consistent. "You know what they say: 'Defense never slumps'" was…
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“Defense travels well”
"Defense travels well" is an adage that has been used in both basketball and football. For example, a basketball player might not be familiar with a particular basketball court, so jump…
“Defibrillators repulse me”
Defibrillators are machines for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The machines can help someone regain a pulse, but that does not make them "repulsive" (a pun). "Defibrillators…
“Defining deviancy down” (Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
"Defining deviancy down" was the title of an essay by New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in The American Spectator (vol. 62, no. 1, winter 1993, pp. 17-30). The subtitle was…
“Definition of a pickle: A cucumber soured by a jarring experience”
"A bit of humor: A pickle is a cucumber soured by a jarring experience" was printed in The Current Local (Van Buren, MO) on July 14, 1988. "'A pickle is a cucumber soured by a…
“Definition of a Socialist: Someone who wants everything you have…except your job”
"A socialist is someone who wants everything you have, except your job" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Definition of a Socialist: Someone who wants everything you…
“Definition of obscene profits — something you always hear about but never experience yourself”
Mark Skousen's book, The Maxims of Wall Street (2011), contains: “Definition of obscene profits — something you always hear about but never experience yourself.” That is, an…
“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie”
"Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Definition of stupid: knowing the truth, seeing the…
“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie”
"Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Definition of stupid: knowing the truth, seeing the…
“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the truth, but still believing the lies”
"Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Definition of stupid: knowing the truth, seeing the…
“Defund involuntary funding”
"Defund involuntary funding" (shown on a protest sign) was posted on Facebook by Libertarian Party of Colorado on August 23, 2020. It also could have been worded "Stop involuntary…
“Defund politicians”
"Defund the politicians" (or "Defund politicians") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying became popular in 2020, with the George Floyd protests and…
“Defund the media” (#DefundtheMedia)
"Defund the media" -- a different take on the media-publicized movement to defund the police -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. #DefundtheMedia was popularized as a…
“Defund the politicians”
"Defund the politicians" (or "Defund politicians") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying became popular in 2020, with the George Floyd protests and…
“Defund the thought police”
"Defund the police" became a popular slogan in June 2020, during the George Floyd protests. "Defund the Thought Police" was posted on Twitter by Greg- The Official Barber of…
“Dehydration is not something to cry about”
"Dehydration is not something to cry about" is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on Twitter on December 10, 2012. The saying was posted on Reddit -- Oneliners on October 27, 2017.…
“DEI is just a polite way to say Dumb Entitled Idiot”
"Diversity, equity, and inclusion" (commonly called "DEI") is defined by Wikipedia as an "organizational frameworks which seek to promote 'the fair treatment and full…
“DEI or Diversity Equity Inclusion is just a polite way to say Dumb Entitled Idiot”
"Diversity, equity, and inclusion" (commonly called "DEI") is defined by Wikipedia as an "organizational frameworks which seek to promote 'the fair treatment and full…
“DeKalb Avenue, change here for the ‘B’ as in boy, the ‘D’ as in dog ...”
Several subway lines can be taken at the DeKalb Avenue subway station, at the intersection with Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. A jocular subway announcement was printed in the Daily News (New York,…
“Delay is the deadliest form of denial”
"Delay is the deadliest form of denial" was published by C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) in The Times (London) in 1966, with the title of "Parkinson's Law of Delay." An…