BSPN (ESPN nickname)
ESPN (originally the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) began in 1979, with a base in Bristol, Connecticut. The derogatory nickname "BSPN" (b.s./bullshit + ESPN) has been cited…
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BTFATH (Buy The Fucking All Time High)
"BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) dates from 2010; investors should buy stocks when the price dips because it will go back up. "BTFATH" (Buy The Fucking All Time High) means that…
BTFD (Buy The Fucking Dip)
"Buy the dip" means that a trader should buy when there is a "dip" (or decline) in a stock's price. The theory is that, in a highly violatile market, the price will go back…
BTFGS (Buy The Fucking Government Shutdown)
"BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) dates from 2010; investors should buy stocks when the price dips because it will go back up. The financial blog Zero Hedge popularized a new term with the…
BTFVIX
THe financial blog Zero Hedge popularized "BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) in 2010-11, stating that the "dip" was an opportunity to buy something at a cheaper price. This jocular…
BTFWWIII (Buy The Fucking World War III)
THe financial blog Zero Hedge popularized "BTFD" (Buy The Fucking Dip) in 2010-11, stating that the "dip" was an opportunity to buy something at a cheaper price. This jocular…
Bubba Dump (Bubba Gump Shrimp Company nickname)
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company takes its name and inspiration from the movie Forrest Gump (1994); the characters Forrest Gump and Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue went into the shrimping business…
Bubba-Q
"Bubba-Q" (also "Bubba Q" without the hyphen, or "bubba-q" without capitalization) is "barbecue" for a "Bubba" (Southern for "brother").…
Bubbaland or Bubba-land or Bubbaville or Deep Bubba (South Austin)
"Bubba" is a form of the word "brother." While there are "Bubbas" throughout the South (some have called Arkansas's Bill Clinton "Bubba"), the term…
Bubbemycin or Bubbe-mycin (Jewish chicken soup)
Chicken soup, according to some Jewish grandmothers, can cure what ails you. The nickname "Jewish penicillin" has been used for chicken soup since the 1960s. Chicken soup is also called…
Bubble Dancer (a person who washes dishes)
"Bubble dancing" is a humorous term for dishwashing (and its soap bubbles) that developed among soldiers in 1941; a person who washes the dishes is a "bubble dancer." The…
Bubblecovery (bubble + recovery)
"Bubblecovery" (a bubble-driven recovery) is a term that was was coined by American economic analyst Jesse Colombo in May 2012. The U.S. Federal Reserve led the "recovery" from…
Bubblenomics (bubble + economics)
"Bubblenomics" (bubble + economics) is the economics of a financial bubble (when prices are inflated). "The Story of Bubblenomics" (1999), a paper presentation by William A.…
Bubblevision (bubble + television)
The financial television network CNBC has often been criticized for cheerleading its viewers into buying stocks, which helps to create a stock bubble. Bill Fleckenstein of Fleckenstein Capital…
Buchanan: Chernobyl on the Hudson (Indian Point Energy Center nickname)
The Indian Point Energy Center at Buchanan, New York, has frequently been called a "Chernobyl on the Hudson (River)." The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine had a disaster in…
Buchanan: Fukushima on the Hudson (Indian Point Energy Center nickname)
The Indian Point Energy Center at Buchanan, New York, has frequently been called a "Fukushima on the Hudson (River)." An energy accident occurred at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in…
Buck nun (bachelor)
A "buck nun" is an old West term (cowboy slang) for a bachelor. One source below states that a "stud horse" is an opposite term. (Dictionary of American Regional English)buck…
Buckle (Blueberry Buckle; Peach Buckle)
A "buckle" dessert is similar to a coffee cake, made with fruit (most often blueberry, but also blackberry, raspberry, and peach) and with a topping that "buckles" when…
Buckley Rule (vote for most conservative primary candidate likely to win general election)
Conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley (1925-2008) was asked, in 1967, whom he would support in 1968 for U.S. president. Buckley responded with what would late be called the…
Buckraker (buck + muckraker)
A "buckraker" (buck + muckraker) originally referred to a muckraking journalist who raked in bucks through speaking engagements, books and other sources. "Buckraker" also refers…