Can’t Find The Crooks (CFTC backronymic nickname)
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has a mission to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and…
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Can’t Pass Again (CPA backronymic nickname)
The certified public accountant (CPA) exam in notoriously difficult to pass. The CPA bakcronymic (back acronym) nicknames of "Can't Pass (it) Again" and "Couldn't Pass (it)…
Can’t Produce Anything (CPA backronymic nickname)
"Can't Produce Anything" is a popular backronym (back acronym) for "CPA" (certified public accountant), but it didn't start out representing accountants. The Coalition…
Canadian Brainwashing Corporation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC nickname)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a channel that is available on some cable systems in the United States. The CBC has been given the backronym (back acronym) of “Canadian…
Canadian Bullshit Corporation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC nickname)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a channel that is available on some cable systems in the United States. The CBC has been given the backronym (back acronym) of “Canadian Bullshit…
Canajoharie: Flavor-Town (nickname)
"Flavor Town" (or "Flavortown") means a restaurant or a dish -- and sometimes a food destination city -- that is packed with flavor. In many print ads in 1939 and 1940,…
Canarsien (inhabitant of Canarsie, Brooklyn)
"Canarsien” is the name of an inhabitant of Canarsie, in the borough of Brooklyn. The name “Canarsien” has been cited in print since at least 1936. The Canarsie Courier newspaper uses…
CanDo (Canal Downtown)
The New York Travel Advisory Bureau distributed maps in 2010 with the neighborhood name of "CanDo" for "Canal Downtown." The area is also called "Lower Manhattan" and…
Candy Apple (Red Candy Apple)
Wikipedia: Candy appleCandy apples, also known as toffee apples outside of North America, are whole apples covered in a hard toffee or sugar candy coating, with a stick inserted as a handle. These…
Candy Bar (Chocolate Bar)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Candy barA chocolate bar is a confection in bar form comprising some or all of the following components: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, milk. The relative…
Candy Cane
The origins of the candy cane are said to date back to the 1600s in Germany. Tradition has it that Bavarian immigrant August Imgard of Wooster, Ohio, put candy canes on America's first…
Candy Cane Lane
"Candy Cane Lane" is any street or scene that is decorated with candy canes. The name is popular at Christmas time. "Candy Cane Lane" has been cited n print since at least 1939…
Candy Corn
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Candy cornCandy corn is a confection in the United States and Canada, popular primarily in autumn around Halloween (though available year-round in most places).…
Cannabisque (cannabis + bisque)
"Cannabisque" (cannabis + bisque) was defined in the Urban Dictionary on December 2, 2010, as "tasty rue-based soup that contains cannabis butter." The portmanteau is mostly…
Cannaboutique (cannabis + boutique)
A "cannaboutique" (cannabis + boutique) is a name for a marijuana shop. "Cannaboutique" was cited on Twitter on February 20, 2014. "Drove past a Cannaboutique today in…
Canned Apple (Big Apple dance + Can-Can dance, 1937)
Brooklyn-born jazz singer and entertainer Adelaide Hall (1901-1993), with the help of Anita Lou Mason of Los Angeles, developed the "Canned Apple" dance, a hybrid of the American…
Canned Apple (Big Apple dance + Can-Can dance)
Brooklyn-born jazz singer and entertainer Adelaide Hall (1901-1993), with the help of Anita Lou Mason of Los Angeles, developed the "Canned Apple" dance, a hybrid of the American…
Cannibal Sandwich (“hamburger in the raw” or “beef tartar”)
The "cannibal sandwich" is another name for "hamburger in the raw" or "beef tartar." This type of sandwich (said to be less healthful than cooked meat) was somewhat…
Cannonball Park (John Paul Jones Park nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: John Paul Jones ParkJohn Paul Jones Park is a public park located in Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The park borders Shore Road, Fourth Avenue, 101st…
Canntibal (can’t + cannibal)
"Cantibal" (or "can'tibal") and "canntibal" (or "cann'tibal") have been suggested as the opposite of "cannibal." "cantibal someone…