Education/Schools

Box Ball (Boxball)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Dictionary.combox·ball /ˈbɒksˌbɔl/ [boks-bawl]–noun a game played between two players on two adjoining squares or sections of a sidewalk or a playground, in which a…

BPEC (bacon, potato egg and cheese)

King David Tacos (New York, NY) has served a "BPEC" taco since the establishment's 2016 opening. The taco is composed of Applewood-smoke bacon, potato, egg and cheese. King David…

Bracketology (Bracketologist)

"Bracketology" is a term that began to describe the participants in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament. A "bracketologist" examines the college…

Bragging Rights

When the New York Giants play the New York Jets in preseason, it's for "bragging rights" -- the right to brag about being the best team in New York City, even if the game itself is…

Brain Freeze

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Ice-cream headacheAn ice-cream headache, also known as brain freeze, cold-stimulus headache, or its given scientific name sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia…

Brain Tablet (cigarette)

A "brain tablet" was a cowboy term for a cigarette. Maybe they looked like brain capsules at the time, or did cowboys think the cigarettes made them smarter? The term "brain…

Brainstorm

"Brainstorm" was the catch word at the trial of the century. Harry Kendall Thaw had shot and killed architect Stanford White (September 11, 1853 - June 25, 1906) over their mutual…

Brand X

"Brand X" often appears in advertisements to represent a leading brand or a generic brand of a certain product; the advertised brand always outperforms "Brand X." Old Gold…

Branson of Texas (Granbury nickname)

Granbury in Hood County has been called the "Branson of Texas." Like the city of Branson in Missouri, Granbury has several family-friendly entertainment venues, such as Granbury Live,…

Brat Pack

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Brat PackThe Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s. First…