Walmart with Wings (nickname of various airlines)
Walmart is a retail chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores. Several airlines have been nicknamed the "Walmart of the Sky/Skies"…
Walmart is a retail chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores. Several airlines have been nicknamed the "Walmart of the Sky/Skies"…
Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States, but unions have fought against the non-union company. Walmart's proposed entry to the New York City market has been the subject of several…
Walmart is a retail chain of large discount department stores. "Walmartization" can mean the coming of a Walmart store to a geographical area. "Walmartization," however, is most…
The portmanteau word "Walmartyr" or 'Wal-Martyr" (Walmart + martyr) has had more than one meaning. Walmart (or Wal-Mart) is a chain of retail stores. The Urban Dictionary…
Entry in progress -- BP Theatrecrafts.com -- Glossary WANDELPROBE(German for change rehearsal).Similar to SITZPROBE, the Wandelprobe is a rehearsal with full orchestra, and minor blocking (but not…
The recording artist 50 Cent popularized a term with the title of his cut, "Wanksta" (2002). The term is sometimes given as "wankster' and is a combination of "wack"…
A political "war chest" is the amount of money a political candidate or a political party has raised to spend in an election ("the war"). A physical "chest" is not…
A "war room" is a room where war plans are made, but, by extension, "war room" has also meant a room where business plans are made. Sports teams have their "war rooms"…
The Wall Street Journal has been a financial newspaper since its founding in 1889. Writers at the libertarian website, LewRockwell.com, have accused the Journal of having a neoconservative foreign…
The Wall Street Journal has been a financial newspaper since its founding in 1889. Writers at the libertarian website, LewRockwell.com, have accused the Journal of having a neoconservative foreign…
Frito pie is made with Fritos corn chip and chili; cheese, onions and tomatoes are often added. In New Mexico, Frito pie is served right in the Fritos bag. Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN's…
A "warm monger" (also "warm-monger" or "warmmonger") is someone who believes in man-made global warming. The term -- a pun on "warmonger" -- is used by those…
"Warmunism" (global warming + communism) and "warmunist" (global warming + communist) are terms used by those who believe that man-made global warming does not exist, but that…
The Washington (DC) Post is a newspaper that has covered events in the nation's capital city -- especially the federal government -- since 1877. The newspaper's name is frequently…
"Warvangelical" (war + evangelical) has been used by Laurence M. Vance on LewRockwell.com (a libertarian website) since July 25, 2007. The term "warvangelical" describes pro-war…
The "washeteria" (wash + cafeteria) is often spelled ""washateria" or even "washiteria" (with the dirty word in the middle). The washeteria is popular in the…
The United States capital of Washington, District of Columbia ("D.C."), has been nicknamed "Washington Demands Cash" since at least 1958. The joke, however, has only rarely been…
The "Washington Monument syndrome" (or "Washinton Monument strategy") is when an agency, faced with budget cuts, decides to cut its most popular programs, making the cuts very…
"Democracy dies in darkness" is a slogan of the Washington (DC) Post that first appeared in February 2017. Post investigative journalist Bob Woodward popularized the saying, but claimed…
William Manchester's book, Portrait of a President: John F. Kennedy in profile (1962), includes a famous line: "'Washington,' John Kennedy once said lightly, 'is a city of…