BK Lounge (Burger King nickname)
Burger King is a fast food chain restaurant that began in 1953. The nickname "BK Lounge" (a jocular use. giving the restaurant an illusion of class) has been cited in print since at least…
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Black and Bleu Salad
"Black and Bleu Salad" became popular in the 2000s at chain restaurants such as O'Charley's, Beef 'O' Brady's and Quiznos. The salad often contains sliced sirloin…
Black and White (shake or soda)
A "black and white" is chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream, in a soda or a shake. 14 August 1927, New York Times, "The Ice Cream Habit Grows," pg. XX3:The business of…
Black Bottom (dance)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Black Bottom (dance)Black Bottom refers to a dance which became popular in the 1920s, during the period known as the Flapper era. The dance originated in New…
Black Bottom Cake (Black Bottom Pie)
Entry in progress -- B.P. wiseGEEKWhat is a Black Bottom Pie? A black bottom pie is any pie with a crust made of crushed chocolate wafers or cookies. Fillings for black bottomed pies are usually…
Black Budget
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Black budget A black budget is a budget that is secretly collected from the overall income of a nation, a corporation, a society of any form, a national…
Black Car
The "yellow cab" takes street hails; the "black car" does not. Many executives have used a "black car" service, if only to the airport. The color of the vehicle is…
Black Cow or Brown Cow (root beer float)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Ice cream soda (variations)Root beer floatAlso known as a "brown cow" "black cow", the root beer float is traditionally made with vanilla…
Black Diamond (black truffle nickname)
Truffles -- especially black truffles such as Périgord truffles -- have been dubbed "black diamonds." French epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) supposedly called black…
Black Friday (Big Friday)
"Black Friday" is the name of the busy shopping day after Thanksgiving, but there were other Black Fridays. The financial term "Black Friday" was popularized in the United…
Black Friday (false etymology about slavery)
"Black Friday" (or "Big Friday") is the name for the day after Thanksgiving -- a busy shopping day. The term was popularized by the police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in…
Black Friday Slaughter Sale
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: Black Friday (1869)The Black Friday gold panic of September 24, 1869 was caused by a conspiracy between two investors, Jay Gould and his partner James Fisk, and…
Black Girl Magic Row (Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: Bedford–Stuyvesant, BrooklynBedford–Stuyvesant (/ˈbɛdfərdˈstaɪvəsənt/), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of…
Black Knight
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: White knight (business)In business, a white knight, or "friendly investor" may be a corporation, or a person that intends to help another firm. There…
Black Mardi Gras (Texas Relays nickname)
The Texas Relays are an annual track event (since 1925) hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The Relays bring together both high school and college students and there are many parties held…
Black Monday (head coach firing day after NFL regular season)
"Black Monday" has been the name for various events -- usually bad -- that occur on a Monday. The National Football League's regular season ends with Sunday games; the head coaches…
Black Monday; Black Tuesday; Black Thursday; Black Friday (Wall Street stock declines)
Entry in progress -- B.P. THe Free DictionaryBlack FridayA day of stock market catastrophe. Originally, September 24th, 1869 was termed Black Friday. The crash was sparked by gold speculators…
Black National Anthem (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”)
Wikipedia: life Every Voice and Sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson…
Black Rock (CBS); Hard Rock (ABC); 30 Rock (NBC)
"Black Rock" is the name of the CBS building at West 52nd Street and Avenue of the Americas. The outside of the building shows the black stuff. The name also comes from the John…
Black Russian (cocktail)
The "Black Russian" cocktail contains vodka and coffee liqueur (such as Kahlua or Tia Maria). The cocktail is cited in print from October 25, 1956, when this was printed in the San…