The departments of New York City have several famous superlative nicknames: FINEST—Police Department (NYPD)BRAVEST—Fire Department (FDNY)STRONGEST—Sanitation Department…
The "Finger Building" is the large condo building at North 7th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Why "Finger Building"? Because the building looks like a finger? Because the…
"Finger food" (or "finger foods") are foods that are eaten with fingers rather than with a fork or a spoon. The "finger" foods usually contain meat and/or vegetables;…
"Finger steaks" are a popular Idaho dish. The finger steaks are similar to chicken fingers, and are strips of steak that are battered and deep fried. Finger steaks were invented at the…
Entry in progress -- B.P. HuffPost Martha RingerCompletion Consultant, Author, Soul Listener‘Finishiative’08/10/2015 01:55 pm ET Updated Aug 10, 2016Walking on the trail the other night close…
"FinMin" or "finmin" is a popular news headline abbreviation for "finance minister" or "finance ministry." The term "FinMin" has been cited in…
"Finntown," in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, was a popular area for immigrants from Finland in the 1880s and 1890s, but it's barely recognizable as Finntown today. The Finns had…
"FIRE" stands for "Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate." It's New York City's largest industry. It's not known who first coined the "FIRE" acronym…
The word "buff" now can mean a "movie buff" or a "sports buff," but it all began with the "fire buff" in New York City. "Buff" is short for…
I'm going through some fire department books and magazines for more on the "Maltese Cross" and "fire buff." I'll try to post the earliest dates as I find them. The…
"Firebagger" (FireDogLake blog + teabagger) is a name for someone from the "hard left" or "professional left" (as President Barack Obama's press secretary Robert…
"Firecracker Applesauce" is a dish that was created by celebrity chef David Burke for the Maloney & Porcelli restaurant in Manhattan in 1996. "Crackling Pork Shank with Fire…
"Firegeddon" (fire + Armageddon) is a portmanteau word for a disastrous fire. "Firegeddon: Cops battle new riots across London" was posted on Twitter on August 8, 2011.…
Watermelon exists, so many people think there should be firemelon, earthmelon and airmelon (water-fire-earth-air + melon), all called the "elemelons" (elements + melons). "The…
Gerald Cohen found the first "Big Apple" in a John J. Fitz Gerald horseracing column. From the New York Morning Telegraph, May 3, 1921, page 9, column 3: J. P. Smith, with Tippity Witchet…
Above, the header from the 1924 newspaper column of John J. Fitz Gerald. Click to see a portion of the column which includes his use of "Big Apple." Part of a 1926 column is also…
"First Attempt In Learning" is a backronym (back acronym) of the word "fail." The "fail" backronym has been printed on many posters. "FAIL most def.. First…
"First cat" is a term sometimes used for a dog of the president of the United States. "COTUS" (Cat Of The United States) has also been used. "First cat in the land"…
The city of Minneapolis (MN) is on the west side of the Mississippi River, and St. Paul (MN) is on the east side. It's often said of these Twin Cities that Minneapolis is the "First City…
"First dog" is a term sometimes used for a dog of the president of the United States. "DOTUS" (Dog Of The United States) has also been used. "The big dog Hector is Mrs.…