“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” (newsboy shout)
"Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" The cry of the newsboys is well-remembered, even if the newsboys haven't survived into the internet age of the 21st century. Newspapers published…
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“Eyes hurt from excess screen time? There’s a nap for that”
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterRob Horlock@RobHorlockDo you struggle to keep your eyes open after working online? - there's a nap for that ... #humour #jokes #fun12:27 PM · Jan 24,…
“Eyes of Texas” (University of Texas alma mater)
"The eyes of Texas are upon you" was a favorite saying of Colonel William Prather (1848-1905), a president of the University of Texas. In 1903, John Sinclair wrote the song "The Eyes…
“Eyes of Texas” Salad
The "Eyes of Texas" salad was created by Linda Martin in the 1970s and named after the "Eyes of Texas" song. The salad features black-eyed peas with avocado dressing.…
“Eyes on the road and your head out of your apps” (transportation message)
"Get your head out of your apps" is a saying that has been printed on many images. It's a pun on "get your head out of your ass." The saying was first used to advise people…
“Eyes on the street” (Jane Jacobs, 1961)
In her The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), author Jane Jacobs suggested that crime could be reduced by having "eyes on the street." The term began to be used by many…
“f(x) walks into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A math version is: "f(x) walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says,…
“F@ck the s@ck” (FTS)
"The suck" is a popular Marine Corps term from the 1990s to describe military life. The term "embrace the suck" became popular in 2003, during the Iraq War. "Fuck the…
“F/8 and be there” (photography adage)
"F/8 and be there" is a famous adage of photographic journalism. "f/8" is a standard lens aperture; the important part of taking news photographs is, therefore, to "be…
“Face your problems, don’t Facebook them”
"Face your problems, don't Facebook them" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. "FACE your problems. Don't FACEbook your problems" was cited on Twitter on…
“Facebook be boring until the unemployed people wake up around 11:30 and start they shit”
"Facebook is boring AF until the unemployed people wake up around 11:30 and start their shit" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Unemployed people wake up later and have…
“Facebook be like, ‘What’s on your mind?’ then ban you for saying it”
"Facebook be like, 'What's on your mind?' then ban you for saying it" has been printed on a meme that has been posted frequently on Facebook. The saying was posted on…
“Facebook becomes 100 times more entertaining when you have work to do”
People get distracted -- especially with social media -- when they have work to do. "Twitter becomes ten times more entertaining when you have work to do" was posted on Twitter on…
“Facebook can teach you a lot of lessons. Grammar is not one of them”
Grammar and social media don't seem to go together well. "Twitter can teach you a lot of lessons. Grammar is not one of them" was posted on X/Twitter by Boyd's Backyard™ on…
“Facebook crushes are all fun and games until someone buys a plane ticket”
"Flirting on the internet: it's all fun and games until someone buys a plane ticket" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It's all fun and games until someone…
“Facebook doesn’t ban hate speech. Facebook bans speech it hates”
"They don’t ban hate speech. They ban speech they hate" is a saying that has been said in several forms. "They" is sometimes identified as "the left,"…
“Facebook has taught me a couple of things. First, there are some incredibly brilliant people in the world…”
"Social media has taught me two things. First, there are some incredibly brilliant people in the world. Second, they are vastly outnumbered" is a saying that has been printed on many…
“Facebook is a lot like ancient Egypt. People write on walls and worship cats”
"The internet is a lot like ancient Egypt. People write on walls and worship cats" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "The internet is like ancient Egypt:…
“Facebook is boring AF until the unemployed people wake up around 11:30 and start their shit”
"Facebook is boring AF until the unemployed people wake up around 11:30 and start their shit" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Unemployed people wake up later and have…
“Facebook is cool because you can say something to no one in particular and offend everyone”
"FaceBook is cool really, because you can say something to no one in particular, and offend EVERYONE! Pretty cool" was posted on Facebook by Angie Fox on June 25, 2020. "#SocialMedia…