Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) spent 52 years at Marble Collegiate Church and was one of New York City's most famous preachers. Peale wrote in a newspaper column published on December 21,…
A jocular Christmas saying was printed on Christmas cards by a least November 1986: "Christmas is just plain weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree in the living…
"Santamental" (Santa Claus + sentimental) is a popular portmanteau term used at Christmas. "Mr. Santamental Claus" was published in a November 1938 advertisement in the Los…
"Single and ready to mingle" is a dating saying. "Fat, single and ready for a Pringle" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Chubby, single and ready…
Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of entertainment restaurants. It was called Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre in 1985, and was dubbed a "Las Vegas casino for kids." "Chuck…
Chunky peanut butter and crunchy peanut butter have been compared to orange juice with pulp. Both peanuts butters contain some coarsely-ground peanut fragments. "I don't get chunky…
"Church is never out until they stop singing" is another way of saying "It ain't over 'til it's over." "As long as the organ is playing church is not…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic wasn’t taken seriously by some. “People keep asking me, ’Is COVID-19 REALLY that serious?’ Listen y’all, the casinos and churches are closed. When…
"Tobacco, weed, beer and whiskey are all made from plants... I think I might be a vegetarian!!" (also "Beer, whiskey & weed are all made from plants... I think I might be a…
"Cilantropist" or "cilanthropist" (cilantro + philanthropist) is a jocular portmanteau term for a lover of cilantro, or someone who gives away cilantro to others. "What do…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic ruined plans for Cinco de Mayo (Tuesday, May 5, 2020). "Cinco De Mayo finally lands on Taco Tuesday this year, and it will be messed up by a virus with the…
Cinco de Mayo ("the fifth of May," a popular day of celebration in the United States of Mexican-American culture) sometimes falls on a Tuesday ("Taco Tuesday"). "This year,…
"Rent, Bills, Cinco De Mayo, Mother's Day, and Memorial Day weekend… Who Tf put this month together?" is a May saying that has been printed on many images. "Cinco de mayo,…
"Rent, Bills, Cinco De Mayo, Mother's Day, and Memorial Day weekend… Who Tf put this month together?" is a May saying that has been printed on many images. "Cinco de mayo,…
"Cinema," for those who dislike the movies, is a word that combines "sin" and "enema." The book I Lost My Heart in Hollywood: Diary of a Dick (2011) by Will Veharo…
Cinnamon is made from the bark of Cinnamomum trees. Cinnamon powder has been compared to sawdust. "Ground cinnamon is sawdust. But there is good sawdust and bad sawdust," a Chicago (IL)…
"Cinnamon rolls not gender roles" is a gender saying that has been printed on many images. "Cinnamon rolls not gender roles" was posted on Twitter by Sam Wilson on March 8,…
Many people are used to circular soup bowls. This was posted on Twitter by charlie on January 5, 2021, and received over 539,500 likes: "putting soup in a square tupperware...... it’s just…
"City juice" and "one of the city" is old soda jerk slang for simple "water." The terms were briefly in use in the 1920s and 1930s, but have long since disappeared. 1…
"Civic Fame" is the 1913 statue by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870-1952) that tops New York City's David N. Dinkins Municipal Building. New York's famed civic models…