Coosie (or Cocinero)
The camp cook was often called the "cocinero" (Spanish for "male cook"), or simply "coosie" for short. Tex-Mex DictionaryCOCINERO (ko-SEE-nair-o)Male cook. In early…
The camp cook was often called the "cocinero" (Spanish for "male cook"), or simply "coosie" for short. Tex-Mex DictionaryCOCINERO (ko-SEE-nair-o)Male cook. In early…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cooter BrownCooter Brown, sometimes given as Cootie Brown, is a name used in metaphors and similes for drunkenness, mostly in the southern United States. Cooter…
"Cop" (policeman) probably comes from "cop," meaning to "nab" a suspect. One myth suggests that "cop" comes from "Constable On Patrol." This has no…
Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City; it has the largest area and the second-largest population. The rap nickname of Queens is "Cop Killa Queenz/Queens" (or just…
"Copaganda" (cop + proaganda) is a portmanteau word suggesting that law enforcement uses the news media and entertainment to portray police (cops) in a positive light. "English:…
A "Copperhead" was a person from the North who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. The term appears to have started in April 1861, when copperhead snakes were sent by mail…
"Corks" were the transit cops, who work underground and pop to the surface. There used to be transit police and housing police and the police, but Mayor Rudy Giuliani merged all three…
Corkage (or "corkage fee" or "corkage money") is the amount that a restaurant charges customers when they bring in their own bottles of wine. Customers may want to bring in…
Joel Pomerantz helped to form the bicycle group "Critical Mass" in San Francisco and probably coined the term "corking" there in 1992. Critical Mass (a large mass of bicycle…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Corn chipA corn chip is a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop. Corn chips are thick, rigid and…
The "corn dog" (or "corndog" or "corny dog") is a "hot dog" coated in corn meal, served on a stick. It was long thought that the corndog was invented at the…
"Corndog Shrimp" (or "Corn Dog Shrimp") is a dish that was invented at the Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill in Austin, Texas in 2002. It's shrimp coated with the batter…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Other Halloween-related nights include Cabbage Night, Chalk Night, Devil's Night, Doorbell Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Mischief Night, Moving Night and Soap…
"Corned beef and cabbage" is a popular Irish dinner, and it's often served on St. Patrick's Day. In 1925, "corned beef and cabbage" was voted to be the favorite dish…
The cornicione (COR-nich-ee-OH-nah) of a pizza is the end crust. The word is from the Italian and describes the "cornice" or "outer ledge" of a pizza. "Cornicione"…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Corning (city), New YorkCorning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 11,183 at the 2010 census. It is…
"Corn teen" (or "corn-teen" or "cornteen") means "quarantine" and has nothing to do with corn or a teenager. The jocular "cornteen" has been…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is, according to Wikipedia, the leading national public health institute of the United States. The CDC played an important role in the Covid-19…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in new words and phrases, dubbed "coronacoinage" (coronavirus + coinage). These include portmanteaus, neologisms, acronyms, backronyms and…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to the terms "coronadult" (coronavirus + adult) and "coronadulting" (coronavirus + adulting). "Why are you acting like a Coronateen…