Covenant House and Nineline (800-999-9999)
Covenant House was founded in 1969 as a refuge for runaways by Father Bruce Ritter, who died in 1999. It quickly became an international success. It established itself in the Times Square area, and…
Neighborhoods
Cover Jinx
Time magazine was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923. In the 1930s, it was noticed that sports figures who appeared on Time's cover appeared to be jinxed afterward. Time started…
Covert Operation Via Infectious Disease (COVID-19 backronym)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute…
Covert Operation Viral Infectious Disease (COVID-19 backronym)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute…
Covid Clown World
"Clown world" means that something (like politics or government) is a circus. "Covid clown world" means that Covid-19 has made life into a "clown world" circus.…
Covid Death Cult (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC nickname)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is, according to Wikipedia, the leading national public health institute of the United States. The CDC played an important role in the Covid-19…
Covid Disinformation Center (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC nickname)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is, according to Wikipedia, the leading national public health institute of the United States. The CDC played an important role in the Covid-19…
Covid Gate (COVID-19 + -gate)
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome…
COVID-1984 (COVID-19 + Nineteen Eighty-Four)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic disease was called COVID-19 (after the year 2019). Some people felt that the coronavirus lockdowns and the loss of liberty made it seem more like COVID-1984…
CovidCon
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…
Covidian (Covid + -ian)
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…
Covidification
The procedures taken during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic have been called "Covidification." "Appreciate the covidification* *clarification" was posted on Twitter by…
Covidiocracy (COVID-19 + idiocracy)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute…
Covidiot (COVID-19 + idiot)
"Covidiot" (COVID-19 + idiot) became a popular portmanteau word during the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. The word describes someone who doesn't prepare (such as by not buying extra…
Covidiotic (COVID-19 + idiotic)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute…
Cow Patty Bingo (Cow Chip Bingo; Cowpie Bingo; Bovine Bingo: Bossy Bingo; Fertilizer Lottery)
"Cow patty bingo" (also called "cow chip bingo," "cowpie bingo," bovine bingo," "bossy bingo," "fertilizer lottery," "cow pat…
Cowboy (or Cow Boy)
"Cow boy" (later "cowboy") signified a tory partisan (pro-English) in the Revolutionary War (1770s). The name "cow boy" was used in New York and Massachusetts. The…
Cowboy Beans
"Cowboy beans" are usually the same as charro beans (frijoles charros; frijoles a la charra). Sometimes "cowboys beans" is another name for simply "pork and beans."…
Cowboy Bloody Mary (cocktail)
A Cowboy Bloody Mary is a Bloody Mary with horseradish and okra. It's a "signature spirit" of the Perini Ranch in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Perini Ranch Steakhouse (Buffalo Gap, TX)Perini…
Cowboy Boots
Cowboy boots became the subject of "the official State Boot of Texas" legislation in 2007. There is no precise date of origin for the cowboy boot; it was adapted from military boots. The…