The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is responsible for biomedical and public health research in the United States. Some critics of the NIH have called it “Nazis In Healthcare.” "NIH =…
There are several theater initials: OBC = Original Broadway Cast (1994; Urban Dictionary, 2006)OBCR = Original Broadway Cast Recording (1994; Urban Dictionary, 2005)OOBC = Original Off-Broadway…
Neapolitan ice cream usually consists on three blocks of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream, combined together. "Neapolitan Ices" was printed in The Times (London, UK) on April…
Nebraska had many antelope in its fields in the 19th century. The Nebraska nickname of "Antelope State" has been cited in print since at least 1866. Nebraska has also been called the…
Citizens of Nebraska in the 1800s were called "Bug Eaters" (or "Bugeaters"), and Nebraska was called the "Bug Eater State." The name is from the bug-eating European…
Citizens of Nebraska were called "Bug Eaters" in the 1800s, and Nebraska was called the 'Bug Eater State" and the "Tree Planters State." Charles Sumner…
Most of the trees in Nebraska were planted by its citizens, and >he first "Arbor Day" was founded in Nebraska in 1872. "Tree Planters State" was suggested as a Nebraska state…
The lights on the cables of New York's suspension bridges look like necklaces at night. The "necklace lighting" began on the Triborough Bridge and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (in 1964);…
New Orleans, Louisiana, had yellow fever epidemics in 1853, 1854, 1855 1858, and it's sometimes said that the city was nicknamed "Necropolis of the South." However, there is not a…
"Nederlander” is the name of an inhabitant of Nederland, Texas. The name “Nederlander” has been cited in print since at least 1925. Wikipedia: Nederland, TexasNederland is a city in…
"Needle Park" was originally located near the subway stop at Broadway and West 70th Street (Sherman Square), named in the 1960s by the narcotics addicts who used needles there. A February…
The Dallas-based Neiman-Marcus store has a nickname. (Historical Dictionary of American Slang)Needless Markup n. a Neiman-Marcus department store. Joc.1995 Chicago man, age 29 (coll. J.…
Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)negative, adj., adv.2, and int.colloquial (originally U.S.). Preceding a forename beginning with N, forming a generic name for a person who is…
Japanese food is booming here and this is one of the early New York City classics--or is it? According to John Mariani's Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink (1979): "The word is from…
Wikipedia: life Every Voice and Sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson…
There is a popular internet hoax about a customer seeking a "Neiman Marcus Cookie Receipe," being grossly overcharged for it on her credit card, and, in revenge, spreading the recipe for…
Neiman Marcus is an American luxury specialty department store that was founded in Texas. "Neiman Marxism" (Neiman Marcus + Marxism) was explained on the blog pan kisses kafka on December…
The National Security Agency was formed in 1962 to improve foreign intelligence within the United States government. The agency was so secret (especially in its early years) that even its existence…
A "neoconette" is a female "neocon" (neoconservative). Neocons can be both male and female, so the term "neoconette" is a somewhat jocular usage.…
"Noeconistan" (neocon/neoconservative + -stan) is either a place where neoconservatives live or work (such as a think tank or a magazine or a blog), or a country affected by…