Fuckoffee (fuck off + coffee)
"Good morning, I'll take a large iced fuckoffee with a shot of stresspress" is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. "Fuckoffee" (fuck off + coffee) is a…
New York City
Fuddy-duddy
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Fuddy-duddyA fuddy-duddy (or fuddy duddy or fuddy-dud) is a person who is fussy while old-fashioned, traditionalist, conformist, or conservative, sometimes…
Fudge
"Fudge" (a candy) appears to have received its name at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1892-1893. The word "fudge" had long been an exclamation ("Oh, fudge!);…
Fudge Factory (State Department nickname)
"Fudge Factory" is a nickname of the U.S. Department of State. The term was coined by Washington (DC) Post syndicated columnist Joseph Kraft (1924-1986) in 1965-1966. "Fudge…
Fugeddaboutit! (“forget about it”)
"Fugeddaboutit" is not in Irving Lewis Allen's City in Slang (1993). I remember its use in a popular 1990s radio ad for Tops Appliance City. The Works Progress Administration in the…
Fukushima Freeway (transport road for nuclear waste)
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011. The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) began a protest of the transportation of nuclear waste, declaring on…
Full Blown Idiots (Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI nickname)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was founded in 1908 and conducts federal criminal and intelligence investigations. The unflattering FBI nickname of "Full Blown Idiots" has been…
Full Cleveland (clothing term)
The "full Cleveland" is a dress suit that's very 1970s. The tacky term is sometimes applied to the city itself. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=full+cleveland full…
Full Ginsburg (to appear on all Sunday morning news shows)
On February 1, 1998, William H. Ginsburg (1943-2013), attorney for Monica Lewinsky (the White House intern who had an affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton), appeared on all five Sunday political…
Full Grassley (politician visiting each Iowa county)
Chuck Grassley was first elected U.S. Senator in Iowa in 1980. During his campaign, Grassley visited each of Iowa's 99 counties -- something he would repeat every year in office. U.S.…
Full Of Xenophobia (Fox News nickname)
The Fox News Channel has had many liberal critics who claim that it doesn't fully respect minorities and foreigners. The Fox News nickname of "Full Of Xenophobia" (or "Full Of…
Full Of Xenophobia (Fox News nickname)
The Fox News Channel has had many liberal critics who claim that it doesn't fully respect minorities and foreigners. The Fox News nickname of "Full Of Xenophobia" (or "Full Of…
Fulton Fish Market
The Fulton Fish Market was on Fulton Street in Manhattan. In 2005, it moved to the Bronx Hunts Point area. Former New York Governor Al Smith got his start with what he called an "F.F.M."…
Fulton’s Folly (North River Steamboat)
American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (1765-1815) operated the North River Steamboat in 1807 (the Hudson River was known as the North River at that time) from New York City to Albany. Many…
Fumbling, Bumbling Idiots (Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI nickname)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was founded in 1908 and conducts federal criminal and intelligence investigations. The unflattering FBI nickname of "Fumbling, Bumbling Idiots"…
Fun Central (Arlington slogan)
'Fun Central" is the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau city slogan, created in 2002. Arlington boasts "fun" attractions such as Six Flags Over Texas (the original Six…
Fun City
New York's "Fun City" nickname was born in the first days of Mayor John Lindsay's administration in January 1966. There was a transit strike; after observing New York's…
Fun City Bowl
"Fun City" is a New York City nickname that originated with Mayor John Lindsay (1921-2000) on his first week in office in January 1966. The nickname was satirically used and quickly lost…
Fun-durr-mentals
"Fun-durr-mentals" (from the word "fundamentals") was coined by the financial blog Zero Hedge on December 10, 2013. "Durr" means "duh" and…
Funemployment
"Funemployment" (fun + unemployment) usually refers to a young person without family obligations, who experiences a layoff or a release from an unexciting job, and who uses unemployment…