Push-in robbery
The "push-in" robbery commonly occurs when someone waits for an elderly person to open the apartment door, and then pushes that person in the apartment and robs it. The term…
Food/Drink
Putting Green (a bed of parsley)
A "putting green" is a bed of parsley, tightly packed like a golf putting green. The turn-in boxes at barbecue competitions feature "putting greens," some with shredded lettuce…
Puzzle Palace (Pentagon, National Security Agency nickname)
The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, is a five-sided building in Arlington County, Virginia that opened in 1943. The Pentagon nickname of "Puzzle Palace…
Pyramid Scheme
A "financial pyramid" is one where there are many people/investors at the bottom of the pyramid, but few at the top. A "pyramid scheme" pays off the oldest investors by getting…
Q-Head (barbecue enthusiast)
A "Q-head" is a barbecue (or "bbq" or simply "q") enthusiast. The term "Q-head" has been cited in print since at least 1998. Google Groups: alt.food.barbecue…
Q: What does Dallas have that Fort Worth doesn’t? A: A nice city 30 miles away.
Dallas and Fort Worth are cities thirty miles apart. There is a rivalry and, of course, some jokes: Q: What does Dallas have that Fort Worth doesn't have?A: A nice city 30 miles away. This…
Q: Why doesn’t Texas fall into the Gulf of Mexico? A: Because Oklahoma sucks!
Inter-state humor involving "sucks" and "blows" is not unique to Texas and Oklahoma and New Mexico. A popular joke is: "Q" Why doesn't Texas fall into the Gulf of…
Qeaster or QEaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Qeaster" or "QEaster" (quarantine +…
QEeen (quantitative easing or QE + queen)
In 2013, Janet Yellen was nominated for Federal Reserve chair. The Federal Reserve has a well known quantitative easing (QE) program (called "money printing" by many). During…
QEternity (quantitative easing or QE + eternity)
Quantitative easing (QE) is when a central bank (such as the Federal Reserve) pumps money into the economy by various financial transactions, usually to increase asset prices and to create a…
Qtard (QAnon + retard)
"QAnon" refers to an anonymous person who has "Q" clearance (a high U.S. security clearance) and who shares some of this classified information on the internet. Some people have…
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 --…
Quackcine or Quacksine or Quackxine or Quackzine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…
Quackseen (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackseen" (quack + vaccine). "The general public doesn’t seem to care.…
Quacksinate (quack + vaccinate)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who were against the vaccines used the terms "quacksinate" (quack + vaccinate) and "quacksination" (quack +…
Quacksination (quack + vaccination)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who were against the vaccines used the terms "quacksinate" (quack + vaccinate) and "quacksination" (quack +…
Quacksine or Quackcine or Quackxine or Quackzine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…
Quackxine or Quackcine or Quacksine or Quackzine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…
Quackzine or Quackcine or Quacksine or Quackxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…
Quadriscuit or Quadscuit (similar to “biscuit” and “Triscuit”)
"Biscuit" and "Triscuit" exist, but there is no "uniscuit" (or "monoscuit"). "Quadscuit" (or "Quadriscuit") has been suggested to follow…