Double Wonder or Double Wonders (Chinese dish of chicken and shrimp)
"Double Wonder" (or "Double Wonders") is a Chinese-American restaurant dish featuring two main ingredients -- usually chicken and shrimp. "Double Wonders came as an…
Education/Schools
Double-Decker
Maybe the tour guides in those double-decker buses will kindly tell this to our tour visitors? (Oxford English Dictionary)double decker(...)b. 'A street-car having a second floor and seats on…
Douche Bank (Deutsche Bank mispronunciation/nickname)
Deutsche Bank (literally, "German Bank") was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. There are several offices in New York City. Deutsche Bank is probably…
Dough Nut or Doughnut or Donut; Cruller
New York author Washington Irving has long been cited with the first appearances of the words "dough nut" (now spelled "doughnut" and "donut") and "cruller."…
Doughnut (zero bonus)
A donut and a bagel have been used in the sports world to represent the number "zero," for no score. The doughnut and the bagel and the number zero all have a hole. A "doughnut"…
Doughnut Hole (Donut Hole)
Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory of Maine (1831-1921) is usually given credit for inventing the doughnut hole while at sea in 1847. Gregory explained his invention in an interview given in 1916 (see…
Dove
Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)dove, n.Polit. A person who advocates negotiations as a means of terminating or preventing a military conflict, as opposed to one (cf. hawk n.1…
Dow Jones Propaganda Average (Dow Jones Industrial Average nickname)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index (named after Charles Dow, founder of The Wall Street Journal). Andy Hoffman, marketing director of the precious metals firm of Miles…
DoWiSeTrePla (Down Wind of the Sewage Treatment Plant)
The television show How I Met Your Mother, in an episode airing November 5, 2007, described a hot, very affordable New York City neighborhood nicknamed "DoWiSeTrePla." It's revealed…
Down Home Cooking
Entry in progress -- B.P. The Free Dictionarydown-home (American)down-home things are simple and typical of life in the countryside (always before noun) It's a diner with down-home American…
Downtown
It appears that "downtown" (or "down town") originates from New York City. A person who lives in or who frequently goes downtown is a "downtowner." "Just like…
Downtown Grand Central (Fulton Street Hub)
The Fulton Center (a Lower Manhattan transit center and retail complex centered at the intersection of Fulton Street and Broadway, planned after the destruction caused by the September 11, 2001…
Downtowner
An "downtowner" is someone who inhabits the "downtown" section (often, but not always, located to the south) of a geographical area. "Down-towners" was cited in print…
Dr. Google (Doctor Google)
"Doctor Google" or "Dr. Google" describes when a person uses the internet (especially the search engine Google) to find medical advice. That advice might be helpful, or might be…
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (short film, 1979)
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (1979) is a short film (22 minutes), explained on IMDb as "Dracula travels to New York for a change of scenery." There is a scene at Studio 54 with owner Steve…
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (short film, 1979)
Dracula Bites the Big Apple (1979) is a short film (22 minutes), explained on IMDb as "Dracula travels to New York for a change of scenery." There is a scene at Studio 54 with owner Steve…
Dracula Effect
On the July 28, 2011 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show (Melissa Harris-Perry, guest host), NBC political correspondent Luke Russert explained what Washington, DC called the…
Draftnik
The words "draftnik" and "peacenik" were used in 1965 for those opposed to the Vietnam War and the military draft. In sports, a "draftnik" is one who follows a…
Dragon and Phoenix (Chinese dish of lobster/shrimp and chicken)
"Dragon and Phoenix" is a popular Chinese dish of lobster (representing the dragon) and chicken (representing the phoenix). Shrimp is frequently included instead of lobster. The dish was…
Dragon Turds (bacon-wrapped stuffed habaneros)
Atomic Buffalo Turds (ABTs) (also called "Wolf Turds") are hollowed-out jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese ("Armadillo Eggs") wrapped in bacon, with a smoked sausage added in…