Butlersburg (Empire City Race Track nickname)
The Empire City Racetrack (now called Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino) was part of the "Big Apple" racing circuit in the 1920s. "Big Apple" was popularized by New York…
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Butt Fumble (2012 NY Jets football fumble)
The New York Jets lost to the New England Patriots on November 22, 2012, by the score of 49-19. The lowlight of the game for the Jets came when quarterback Mark Sanchez ran into the rear end of…
Butt-chugging (alcohol enema)
The terms "alcohol enema" and "butt-chugging" were popularized in September 2012 (after an incident at the University of Tennessee) and on Comedy Central's The Daily Show…
Butter Penthouse (butter section of refrigerator)
Butter usually has its own place on a refrigerator door, and some have called this butter's "penthouse." This has been shown on several images. "I call this part of the fridge…
Butter-and-Egg Man
"Butter-and-egg man" has long thought to have been coined by nightclub queen Texas Guinan in 1924. She certainly did popularize it. In 1925, The Butter and Egg Man was the title of a…
Butterfield Effect (Butterfield Fallacy; Butterfield Paradox)
The "Butterfield effect" (sometimes called the 'Butterfield fallacy" or the "Butterfield paradoz") is named after former New York (NY) Times journalist Fox…
Butterfly Cut (cooking technique)
To "butterfly" a food (such as a steak) is to place it flat, cut it nearly in half starting from one side almost completely to the other, and to then open and spread the food out, as if…
Butterhorn (pastry)
Entry in progress -- B.P. (Oxford English Dictionary)butterhorn, n.A sweet rolled pastry made of butter and yeast dough, typically in the shape of a horn or crescent and glazed or topped with…
Buttermilk Channel
The "Buttermilk Channel" is an old term for the separation between Governors Island and Brooklyn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttermilk_ChannelThe Buttermilk Channel is a small tidal…
Buttermilk Dressing (Buttermilk Salad Dressing)
Buttermilk became widely used in salad dressings from the 1920s. By the 1950s and 1960s, recipes for "buttermilk (salad) dressing" became quite numerous in newspapers. In 1967, Hidden…
Buttermilk Pie
Buttermilk pie is popular all over the South, but it's especially popular in Texas. In West Texas -- where there's not always enough fruit for fruit pies -- buttermilk pie is a classic…
ButtFeed (butt + BuzzFeed)
BuzzFeed is a New York City-based internet media company. MTS's animated sitcom Beavis and Butt-Head did a BuzzFeed parody called "ButtFeed" on October 25, 2011. The BuzzFeed…
Buy/Sell the Brooklyn Bridge
"Don't buy the Brooklyn Bridge!" This classic piece of advise is given to visitors to New York City. In the early years of this century, people were swindled. I'd like to add…
Buying Stampede
A "buying stampede" occurs when many buyers (such as stock market "bulls") all charge to buy something. The term "buying stampede" has been cited in print since at…
Buzz Bar (coffee and alcohol bar)
A "buzz bar" is a coffee bar or coffeehouse that serves alcohol as well as coffee. The term "buzz bar" was popularized by the article "New buzz bars serve beer and wine, as…
Buzzard Boulevard (Broadway)
"Back to Broadway, otherwise known as Buzzard Boulevard," Broadway columnist Mark Hellinger (1903-1947) wrote in 1933. Hellinger meant that Broadway was full of buzzards -- human vultures…
Buzzard’s Breath Chili
Buzzard's Breath Chili was the winning recipe at the CHili Appreciation Society's International Cookoff in Terlingua, Texas, in either 1971 or 1977 (the below accounts differ). The same…
Buzzetti
Coco Pazzeria (307 Spring Street in Manhattan) opened in 2021 and served, according to its menu, "Buzzetti - Open face 'mini calzone.'" "The menu offers buzzetti, which are…
BW3 (Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck nickname)
Buffalo Wild Wings is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise, founded in Ohio in 1982. It was originally called Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck (after "beef on weck"…
Bwanker (banker + wanker)
"Bwanker" (banker + wanker) is, like the word "wanker," more popular in the United Kingdom than in the United States. A "bwanker" is a banker who is a wanker (or…