Catbird Seat or Cat Bird Seat (a superior or advantageous position)
To be sitting in a "catbird seat" (or "cat bird seat") is to be in a superior or advantageous position to spot prey and then devour them. "Sitting in the cat-bird…
Education/Schools
Catchupcino or Catchupino (catch up + cappuccino)
Cappuccino is a popular coffee drink. "Catchupino" or "catchupcino" (catch up + cappuccino) is a jocular term based on a similar sound. "Yup, over a cup of…
Catchupino or Catchupcino (catch up + cappuccino)
Cappuccino is a popular coffee drink. "Catchupino" or "catchupcino" (catch up + cappuccino) is a jocular term based on a similar sound. "Yup, over a cup of…
Catfish Capital of Texas (West Tawakoni)
Lake Tawakoni (about an hour's drive from Dallas in north Texas) has good fishing, not just for catfish but also for striped bass, white bass, and large-mouth bass. In 2001, the Texas…
Catfish Toes
Catfish have toes? The Boat House Grill (6812 Ranch Road 620 N in Austin, near Lake Travis) opened in 1999 and has a menu that includes "catfish toes." The "toes" are a basket…
Cathedral of Asphalt (Asphalt Green)
The former Municipal Asphalt Plant (now a sports facility called Asphalt Green) opened in 1941 at East 90st Street and York Avenue in Manhattan. New York Parks Commissioner Robert Moses (1888-1981)…
Cathedral of Baseball (Yankee Stadium)
Yankee Stadium (both the one opened in 1923 and the one opened in 2009) has been called the "Cathedral of Baseball or "Baseball's Cathedral." "Yankee Stadium is the…
Cathedral of Commerce (Woolworth Building)
Before there was a World Trade Center, there was a Cathedral of Commerce. This was the Woolworth Building - the world's tallest when built. It is said that the Reverend S. Parkes Cadman…
Cathedral of the Motion Picture (Roxy Theatre)
The enormous, 5,920-seat Roxy Theatre stood at the corner of 50th Street and Seventh Avenue from 1927 until it was demolished in 1960. Named after original owner Samuel Lionel "Roxy"…
Cathedral of the Skies (Empire State Building)
The Empire State Building (briefly nicknamed the "Empty State Building"--see above) is also called the "Cathedral of the Skies." This is a nod to the old Woolworth Building, the…
Catholic Intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence Agency or CIA nickname)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the successor to World War II’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Many people have noted a Catholic/Jesuit presence in the CIA and have nicknamed it the…
Catskill Mountains: “Catskill Mountains? Don’t cats kill mice?”
New York's Catskill Mountains name has been the subject of puns. "Catskill ice" was sold in New York City, but it was reported in 1855 that the letter "M" was being written…
Catskill Mountains: Borscht Belt or Borscht Circuit (nickname)
Jewish entertainers, in the period of about 1920 to 1970, frequently performed at hotels in the Catskill Mountains in New York that were dubbed the "borscht belt" or "borscht…
Catskill Mountains: Catskill Mountain Rock
The Paul Luke Band formed in the 1990s and plays what it calls "Catskill Mountain rock" -- country/rock from the Catskills. The music term is exclusively used by the Paul Luke Band,…
Catskill Mountains: Jewish Alps (nickname)
Several area of New York City that had a large Jewish popular were dubbed the "Jewish Alps." "An apartment house section of Brooklyn known as the 'Jewish Alps'" was…
Catskill Mountains: Sour Cream Alps (nickname)
Jewish entertainers, in the period of about 1920 to 1970, frequently performed at hotels in the Catskill Mountains in New York that were dubbed the "borscht belt" or "borscht…
Catskill Mountains: Yiddish Alps (nickname)
Several area of New York City that had a large Jewish popular were dubbed the "Jewish Alps." "An apartment house section of Brooklyn known as the 'Jewish Alps'" was…
Cattalo or Catalo or Cattelo (cattle + buffalo)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: BeefaloBeefalo are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, Bos taurus, and the American Bison, Bison bison (generally called buffalo in the US). The…
Caucus
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: CaucusA caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has…
Caviar of the South (boiled peanuts)
Boiled peanuts (peanuts boiled in salt water) are so popular and such a delicacy in the Southern United States that they have been dubbed the “caviar of the South.” The nickname "caviar of…