Foodieotical (foodie + periodical)
"Foodieotical" (foodie + periodical) was coined in April 2012 by the first annual Food Book Fair, held in Brooklyn. "Foodieoticals" celebrated food magazines -- especially those…
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Foodiot (foodie + idiot)
"Foodiot" is derived from the words "foodie" amd "idiot." The term was popularized in the New York (NY) Observer, September 22, 2009, "The Foodiots" by Joe…
Foodisphere
"Foodisphere" (meaning "the food world" or "the food community") has been infrequently cited in print since at least 2004. Chow.com I think the point was to trust your…
FoodPolitik (food + realpolitik)
"FoodPolitik" (food + realpolitik) is the title of a food politics column by Rick Berman on the blog The Daily Caller, published since September 20, 2010. "Food Politics" is the…
Foodstagram (food + Instagram)
Entry in progress -- B.P. MashableDeath of Foodstagram? Restaurants Ban Customers From Taking Food PicsBY STAN SCHROEDERJAN 24, 2013Some restaurants have started banning customers from taking…
Foodstapo (food + Gestapo)
"Foodstapo" (food + Gestapo) means the "food police" -- a person or an organization that dictates food choices. The term "foodstapo" has been cited in print since at…
Football Bat (Hockey Cleats; Hockey Court)
There is no such thing as a "football bat." There is a "baseball bat." The expression "queer as a football bat" (or "as messed up/screwed up/fucked up as a…
Football-Shaped Pizza (Football Pizza)
Pizzas come in many shapes -- circular, rectangular, and even football-shaped. The "football pizza" can be cited at least as far back as 1960, but was popularized when the national pizza…
Footlong (Foot-long)
A "footlong" (or "foot-long," originally two words) is a twelve-inch-long hot dog. The "foot long" craze began about 1935; by 1938, many restaurants (mostly in the…
Forest City
"Forest City" was an early Cleveland nickname. It is seldom used today (if at all). 5 March 1851, Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio), pg. 2?, col. 2:The Queen City and the Forest City -…
Forever (F subway line)
The "F" train has been called the "Forever" train because of (alleged) long waiting times. The nickname dates from at least 2006, but hasn't appeared often in print.…
Forever Demanding Increased Capital (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC nickname)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created in 1933 to guarantee the safety of deposits in member banks. The FDIC requires these banks to have sufficient capital reserves to…
Forever Recession
The term "forever recession" was coined by Seth Godin on his blog on September 21, 2010, "The forever recession," and on September 29, 2011, "The forever recession (and the…
Forget The Consumer (Federal Trade Commission or FTC nickname)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was formed in 1914 to act against trusts. The FTC's mission is to protect the consumer and to ensure fair business practices. The FTC has on its website and…
Forgotten Borough (Staten Island)
Staten Island is often called "the forgotten borough." It's isolated and doesn't have the population numbers of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx. The term…
Forgotten Vitamin (Vitamin K nickname)
Vitamin K isn't as popularly known as other vitamins, but K1 is found in green vegetables and the vitamin helps maintain a healthy blood clotting system. Vitamin K has been nicknamed the…
Forkage Fee (Cakeage Fee)
A "corkage fee" (or "corkage") is often charged by restaurants when diners bring in their own bottles of wine. When someone brings food into a restaurant, that restaurant might…
Fornicaboobery (Fornickaboobery)
Pima County (AZ) Sheriff Clarence Dupnik didn't like Arizona's new immigration law, calling it "political fornic(k)aboobery" in April 2010. "Fornic(k)aboobery" appears…
Forosophobia (fear of taxes and the IRS)
The article "Forosophobia: Fear of Taxes and the IRS" by Dale Hartley MBA, Ph.D. published by Psychology Today on February 12, 2021, invented a new term: "Given that tax trepidation…
Fort Apache (41st Police Precinct in the Bronx nickname)
The movie Fort Apache (1948) was a western directed by John Ford and starred John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Shirley Temple. The movie Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), based on the book Fort Apache…