Death Drop or Deathdrop (dance move)
A "dip" dance move has also been called "Death drop" (or "Deathdrop"), "Shablam," "Shawam" (or "Shawham") and "5000." At the…
A "dip" dance move has also been called "Death drop" (or "Deathdrop"), "Shablam," "Shawam" (or "Shawham") and "5000." At the…
Dallas Cowboys football team owner Jerry Jones had long planned that his team would move into a new stadium in Arlington in 2009. The massive proposed stadium and entertainment complex was quickly…
Houston Street in Manhattan has sometimes been called 'Death Street" for bicyclists. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/430576p-363009c.html 28 June 2006, New York Daily News,…
The term "death tax" has been used for "estate tax," "inheritance tax" and "succession tax." The estate of a person who died is taxed. "Death tax"…
Mulberry Street in Manhattan was called "Death's Thoroughfare" by the Board of Health in the 19th century, but several streets with tenements also deserved the title. The Sun (New…
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, ventilators were used. The ventilators blew out lungs, and many of the ventilated patients died. A ventilator sometimes became nicknamed a…
The term "deather" (death + -er) is similar to the related terms "birther" (a person skeptical about another person's birth information) and "truther" (a person…
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, ventilators were used. The ventilators blew out lungs, and many of the ventilated patients died. A ventilator sometimes became nicknamed a…
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…
"Debbie Downer" describes a person -- usually female, but not always -- who always brings bad news and depressing feelings to others. The "Debbie Downer" character was…
Mother's Restaurant, at 401 Poydras Street in New Orleans, opened in 1938. The "Debris" sandwich is defined on the restaurant's website as "The roast beef that falls into…
"Debt man walking" (a pun on the title of the 1995 film Dead Man Walking) refers to someone in a lot of debt. The moniker was the title of a book, Debt Man Walking: a 10-step investment…
The Star Wars science fiction movies featured the Death Star -- a fictional space station capable of destroying a planet with its laser weaponry. In early 2009, a graphic poster was made of the…
"Debt-serfdom" (or "debt serfdom") is a condition where someone works like a serf or slave to eliminate a large debt. The term "debt serfdom" has existed since at…
"Debtberg" (debt + iceberg) is a reference to the RMS Titanic that hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank on April 15, 1912. Like an iceberg, the debt obligations of the…
A "debtcropper" (debt + sharecropper) is someone who is a slave to debt. Matt Stoller's "A Debtcropper Society" in Next New Deal (The Blog of the Roosevelt Institute)…
"Debtmageddon" (debt + Armageddon) became a popular term in July 2011, as the federal government discussed raising the nation's debt ceiling and debated cutting spending (to decrease…
The movie Debtocracy (2011) about the Greek debt crisis of 2010 defined its title as "debt" and "democracy." While the film popularized the term, "debtocracy" has…
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterJF@jmf27614Democrats have no grasp of reality. Spendoholics, Debtoholics. #tcot #glennbeck #rush #tcot #sgp #teaparty http://www.cnbc.com//id/354586226:42 PM -…
"Debtpocalypse” (debt + apocalypse) became a popular term in July 2011, as the federal government discussed raising the nation’s debt ceiling and debated cutting spending (to decrease the…