Thieves’ Alley (5 Norfolk Street)
"Thieves' Alley" was a criminal area located at 5 Norfolk Street. It was destroyed in the 1890s to create Mulberry Bend Park, now known as Columbus Park. "Thieves'…
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Thieves’ Lair (Longacre Square/Times Square)
The Longacre Square area of Manhattan -- called Times Square since 1904 -- didn't have theatres in the 1880s and early 1890s. The crime-ridden area was known as the "Thieves'…
Thieves’ Market (between Delancey and Houston Streets in Manhattan)
There was a Manhattan market between Delancey and Houston Streets that sold items often of questionable ownership. The WPA Guide to New York City (1939) stated: "The stretch between Delancey…
Things Which I Type That Everyone Reads (“Twitter” backronym)
Twitter, an online social networking service, is not an acronym, although many backronyms (back acronyms) have been made ending in "that everyone reads." "TWITTER = Texting What I…
Think Regress or ThinkRegress (Think Progress nickname)
Think Progress is a blog from the progressive think tank, Center for American Progress. Critics of Think Progress have dubbed it "Think Regress" (or "ThinkRegress") since at…
Thinspiration (thin + inspiration)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Urban DictionaryThinspiration The inspiration people have to become skinny usually archives of skinny sometimes emaciated people.My thinspiration is Paris Hilton!by Izzy E…
Thinspo (thin + inspiration)
Entry in progress -- B..P. Urban Dictionarythinspo Abbreviation for "thinsporation," aka pictures of bone-thin women that girls with ana/mia use to remind themselves of their goals to…
Third Avenue Guy (Wall Streeter working in a less important location on Third Avenue)
A March 14, 2012 New York (NY) Times "Dealbook" article explained: "A 'Third Avenue guy' is someone on Wall Street who is not smart enough to work for a company with…
Third Coast
The United States has an east coast and a west coast, but it's sometimes said to have a "third coast." In the 1960s and 1970s, the "third coast" was the Great Lakes region…
Third Degree
"The thrid degree" was the punishment the police inflicted on a prisoner to procure a confession. It was officially made illegal in the early part of the 1900s. The third degree is the…
Third Smallest Town in Texas (fictitious Tuna, Texas slogan)
The fictitious town of Tuna, Texas is the "Third Smallest Town in Texas." Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard wrote a comic trilogy to Tuna, Texas: Greater Tuna (1981), A Tuna…
Thirsday (Thursty Thirsday)
"Thirsday" is a drinking slang name for a day of the week. "Thirsday" is often simply a mispelling of "Thursday," but it's also a version of "thirst…
Thirst Trap (Thirst Trapping)
"Thirst trap" is a social media term for when someone posts a statement or a photograph (usually a sexually suggestive selfie) on Twitter or Instagram or elsewhere, creating sexual thirst…
Thirst Trapping (Thirst Trap)
"Thirst trap" is a social media term for when someone posts a statement or a photograph (usually a sexually suggestive selfie) on Twitter or Instagram or elsewhere, creating sexual thirst…
Thirstday
"Thirstday" is a drinking slang name for a day of the week. "Thirstday" usually (but not always) occurs on a Thursday, when many college parties start the weekend. Drinks on…
Thirsty Thursday
"Thirsty Thursday” is a drinking slang name for a day of the week. "'Thirsty Thursday' Special" was cited in print in 1961 regarding root beer; "Thirsty…
This is Texas (Cleburne slogan)
The city of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, is located not far from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. In October 2007, a new slogan was suggested for the city that was later adopted:…
Thoity Thoid and Thoid (33rd Street and Third Avenue)
"Thoity Thoid and Thoid" (33rd Street and Third Avenue) is a quintessential example of "New Yorkese," but the phrase has not been historically recorded. This is from page 70 of…
Thoughts Which I Think They Enjoy Reading (“Twitter” backronym)
Twitter, an online social networking service, is not an acronym, although many backronyms (back acronyms) have been made ending in "they enjoy reading." "TWITTER = Thoughts Which I…
Thousand Islands: Thousand Islands Dressing
The "Thousand Islands" refers to the Thousand Island of upstate New York. However, was this dressing popularized in New York City or Chicago? (Oxford English Dictionary)thousand island…