Quarantune (quarantine + tune)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many quarantines. A "quarantune" (quarantine + tune) is music played during a quarantine, or new music made about the quarantine, or new…
1930s: Jazzing the Big Apple
Quarantween (quarantine + tween)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines and popularized some quarantine portmanteau words. A "quaranteen" (quarantine + teen) or "quaranteenager" (quarantine…
Quarantyranny (quarantine + tyranny)
Entry in progress -- B>P. "Quarantiranny" (quarantine + tyranny) is another spelling. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global…
Quareaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Quareaster" (quarantine + Easter) is a portmanteau…
Quarterly Capitalism
"Quarterly capitalism" means the same thing as "short-termism" -- overreliance on quarterly reports and quarterly profits rather than long term planning. "Capitalism, for…
Quaxine or Quaxxine or Quaxxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Quaxxine or Quaxine or Quaxxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Quaxxxine or Quaxine or Quaxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Queaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Queaster" (quarantine + Easter) is a portmanteau…
Queen (Drag Queen)
Harlem's female impersonators were called "queens" in the 1930s. "In New York" with Paul Harrison was syndicated in many newspapers. Harrison's column describing…
Queen Anne (cocktail)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 21 May 1893, Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, pg. 17, col. 2:THE MANHATTAN.The Greatest of American Democratic Clubs.The Manhattan club at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth…
Queen City (New Orleans nickname)
New Orleans has been called the "Queen City of the South" since at least 1837. Charlotte, North Carolina, and Cincinnati, Ohio, are two other cities -- among many others -- that have been…
Queen City (Toronto, Ontario nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Other Toronto nicknames include "Big Smoke," "Broadway North," "Centre of the Universe," "Hogtown," "Hollywood North,"…
Queen City of the Rio Grande (Del Rio nickname)
"Queen City of the Rio Grande" was the nickname of Brownsville in the 1890s and 1900s. Del Rio has called itself the "Queen City of the Rio Grande" since the 1920s and this…
Queen of Avenues (Fifth Avenue)
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue has been called the "Queen of Avenues." The term "queen of avenues" (lower case) was cited in print in 1949. Jack McCarthy, a broadcaster of the…
Queen of Soul Food (Sylvia’s)
Sylvia's restaurant at 328 Lenox Avenue (127th Street) has become a Harlem institution. It was started in 1962 by Sylvia Woods (1926-2012). Sylvia's has used the trademarked slogan…
Queen of the Missions (Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo)
San Antonio's Missions National Historical Park includes five historic Spanish missions. The Alamo (1718) was the first mission to be built. Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (1720) --…
Queens (cocktail)
The "Manhattan" cocktail has existed since at least the 1880s, but for many years it was noted that the borough of Wueens did not have a cocktail of its own. A "Queen's…
Queens Topographical Poem
A Queens topographical poem -- written in 1926 by Ellis Parker Butler -- attempted to easily explain the new street numbering. 3 December 1926, New York Times, pg. 8:VERSE AFFORDS MEANSTO GET ABOUT…
Queenser (inhabitant of Queens)
People from the borough of Queens usually refer to themselves as from their particular neighborhood, such as Forest Hills, Kew Gardens or Flushing. "Queenser" has been cited in print very…