Hoboken Special (pineapple soda and chocolate ice cream)
A "Hoboken Special" is old restaurant slang for an order of pineapple soda and chocolate ice cream. Columbia University's Harold W. Bentley first recorded the term in…
Buildings/Housing/Parks
Hobowery (hobo + Bowery)
The Bowery (both the name of a street and a neighborhood) in Manhattan was a depressed area for much of the 1900s. Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) called the place…
Hobowery (hobo + Bowery)
The Bowery (both the name of a street and a neighborhood) in Manhattan was a depressed area for much of the 1900s. Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) called the place…
Hoboweryite (hobo + Boweryite)
The Bowery (both the name of a street and a neighborhood) in Manhattan was a depressed area for much of the 1900s. Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) called the place…
Hockey on Horseback (polo nickname)
The game of polo is frequently called "hockey on horseback." Both games use sticks to hit a ball (or puck) through a goal. "Hockey on horseback" has been cited in print since…
Hockey Puck (a burger, especially a hamburger cooked “well done”)
A round burger (such as a hamburger or a turkey burger or a veggie burger) can resemble a hockey puck. A burger cooked "well done" is often blackened and tough as a hockey puck to eat.…
Hocto Dog or Hoctodog (octopus hot dog)
A "hocto dog" or "hoctodog" is an octopus hot dog. "Hoctodog" has been cited in print since at least 2007, when it described a hot dog cut into strips to resemble an…
Hodger
A "hodger" is a guest who eats most of the host's food and drinks most of the host's drinks. "Hodger" has been listed in The Online Slang Dictionary since 2002 and is…
Hoffman House (cocktail)
The Hoffman House Hotel (located near Madison Square Park at Broadway and Twenty-second Street) had a celebrated bar in the 1880s and 1890s; the structure was destroyed in 1915 (just before…
Hogtown (Toronto, Canada nickname)
Toronto, Ontario, has been called "Hogtown" (or "Hog town") since the 1890s. The nickname is probably from the William Davies Company, a pork processing and packing company that…
HoHo (Houston + Holland Tunnel)
What hath SoHo wrought? HoHo? http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EEDC1F31F933A15752C1A962958260Here's Help for a No-Name Neighborhood Published: November 20, 1994 Two weeks ago…
Hokey Pokey (ice cream)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Hokey pokey (ice cream)Hokey pokey is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee.…
Hold On Pain Ends (“hope” backronym)
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterStarboyNathan@StarboyNathanA wise man once said hope stands for Hold On Pain Ends -5:37 AM - 17 Sep 13
Holiday Pounds
"Holiday pounds" are the extra weight gained from eating too well on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. The term "holiday pounds" is used most often in advertisements…
Hollar-peño (holler + jalapeño)
Jalapeño peppers are hot, and some have called them "holler-peño" or "hollar-peño." "jack house in the box with curley fries and some hollarpeno popperz" was posted…
Holler-peño (holler + jalapeño)
Jalapeño peppers are hot, and some have called them "holler-peño" or "hollar-peño." "jack house in the box with curley fries and some hollarpeno popperz" was posted…
Hollow Prize
The concept of minority mayors winning a "hollow prize" comes from the study, Black Control of Central Cities: The Hollow Prize (1969), by H. Paul Friesema. When a minority finally rises…
Hollyweird (Hollywood + weird)
"Hollyweird" (Hollywood + weird) is a portmanteau word for the city of Hollywood and its entertainment industry. "Hollyweird" has been printed on many images.…
Hollywood East (Astoria; Long Island City)
The Silvercup Studios (in Long Island City) and the Kaufman Astoria Studios have had some dub that Queens area "Hollywood East."…
Hollywood North (Toronto, Canada nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Other Toronto nicknames include "Big Smoke," "Broadway North," "Centre of the Universe," "Hogtown," "Little Apple."…