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Texas has been known since at least the 1970s and 1980s as a place of "big hair." The Texas version of a "McMansion" is the "big hair house." Wikipedia:…
Texas has been known since at least the 1970s and 1980s as a place of "big hair." The Texas version of a "McMansion" is the "big hair house." Wikipedia:…
"Big Pharma" is a term used to refer collectively to the global pharmaceutical industry. "Big Harma" (Big Pharma + harm) is a term used by those who believe that Big Pharma…
Hong Kong and Shanghai are sometimes called the "Big Lychee." It was recently voted down as an official Hong Kong nickname, but it still might be used.…
The Meadowlands Race Track in East Rutherford, New Jersey opened in 1976. Aqueduct had long been known as "the Big A." "The Big A" had been coined in the 1950s in reflection of…
A "big man on (the) campus" (BMOC) is a male student who is highly popular. He could be a star athlete, a star student, a wealthy celebrity, a class president or popular in other ways.…
"Big Mango" is the Bangkok, Thailand tourism board's 1990s "homage" to "the Big Apple." Bangkok is also called he "Big Chilli." Wikipedia:…
"The Big Mikan" is Tokyo's answer to New York City's nickname, "the Big Apple." A mikan is a citrus fruit resembling an orange. The nickname 'Big Mikan"…
The city of Beaumont has been abbreviated "BMT" since at least the 1990s. "Big Money Texas" has been used to spell out "BMT" in print since 2003. Wikipedia: Beaumont,…
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci called Los Angeles "the Big Nipple." The somewhat shocking nickname is amusing, but is seldom used. Bertolucci explained this Big Apple-knockoff…
Omaha, Nebraska is sometimes called the 'Big O." Basketball superstar Oscar Robertson (an NBA player from 1960 to 1974) popularized "The Big O" nickname for himself. New York…
The 1997 Disney animated movie Hercules called ancient Thebes, Greece, by the nickname "the Big Olive." A character said: "One town, a million troubles. The one and only Thebes. The…
In 1991, "Big Onion" Walking Tours started in New York City. I keep thinking they have the wrong city. Chicago is often called the "big onion" because some people think…
In the 1970s, just as "the Big Apple" became popular for New York, "the Big Orange" was sometimes used for Los Angeles or the state of California. "Big Orange" was…
Tel Aviv (Israel's commercial center) is often compared to New York City. Jaffa (now part of Tel Aviv) has long been famous for the Jaffa orange. Tel Aviv has called itself "the Big…
Many oysters were grown and eaten in the New York City area in the 19th century. By the 20th century, through pollution and other causes, the oyster catching industry began to die out. New York…
"The Big Peach" became somewhat popular as an Atlanta nickname after "the Big Apple" became popular in the 1970s. 2 August 1979, New York Times, pg. B16:WALL STREET LEAVE THE…
Tokyo is very seldom called "the Big Persimmon," but some have used the term. There is a blog called "The Big Persimmon" (http://little-wings.com/wordpress/).…
"Big Pharma" is a term used to refer collectively to the global pharmaceutical industry. "Big pharma" was cited in the San Francisco (CA) Examiner on June 29, 1993, and on April…
"Big Pharma" is a term used to refer collectively to the global pharmaceutical industry. "Big Pharmafia" (Big Pharma + mafia) is a term used by those who believe that Big Pharma…
Australia has "the Big Pineapple." It also has a "Big Banana" and a "Big Prawn" and a "Big Merino." It's a big country. "The Big Pineapple" is…