Purple Cow (grape soda float)
"Purple cow" was an 1895 poetic creation of Gelett Burgess (1866-1951). In 1930, "purple cow" became a popular drink of grape juice with ice cream. The modern "purple…
"Purple cow" was an 1895 poetic creation of Gelett Burgess (1866-1951). In 1930, "purple cow" became a popular drink of grape juice with ice cream. The modern "purple…
"Purple drank" (also called "drank" and many other names) is a potentially dangerous drink that mixes cough syrup (containing codeine) with another drink, such as Sprite or rum…
Entry in progress -- B.P. A purple state is also called a "battleground state" and a "swing state." Wikipedia: Red states and blue statesThe terms "red states" and…
The "push-in" robbery commonly occurs when someone waits for an elderly person to open the apartment door, and then pushes that person in the apartment and robs it. The term…
A "putting green" is a bed of parsley, tightly packed like a golf putting green. The turn-in boxes at barbecue competitions feature "putting greens," some with shredded lettuce…
The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, is a five-sided building in Arlington County, Virginia that opened in 1943. The Pentagon nickname of "Puzzle Palace…
A "financial pyramid" is one where there are many people/investors at the bottom of the pyramid, but few at the top. A "pyramid scheme" pays off the oldest investors by getting…
A "Q-head" is a barbecue (or "bbq" or simply "q") enthusiast. The term "Q-head" has been cited in print since at least 1998. Google Groups: alt.food.barbecue…
Dallas and Fort Worth are cities thirty miles apart. There is a rivalry and, of course, some jokes: Q: What does Dallas have that Fort Worth doesn't have?A: A nice city 30 miles away. This…
Inter-state humor involving "sucks" and "blows" is not unique to Texas and Oklahoma and New Mexico. A popular joke is: "Q" Why doesn't Texas fall into the Gulf of…
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Qeaster" or "QEaster" (quarantine +…
In 2013, Janet Yellen was nominated for Federal Reserve chair. The Federal Reserve has a well known quantitative easing (QE) program (called "money printing" by many). During…
Quantitative easing (QE) is when a central bank (such as the Federal Reserve) pumps money into the economy by various financial transactions, usually to increase asset prices and to create a…
"QAnon" refers to an anonymous person who has "Q" clearance (a high U.S. security clearance) and who shares some of this classified information on the internet. Some people have…
A rare Mandarin duck (with pink, purple, orange and emerald green plumage) was spotted in Central Park in December 2018. So many people took photos of the duck that a new word was coined --…
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackseen" (quack + vaccine). "The general public doesn’t seem to care.…
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who were against the vaccines used the terms "quacksinate" (quack + vaccinate) and "quacksination" (quack +…
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who were against the vaccines used the terms "quacksinate" (quack + vaccinate) and "quacksination" (quack +…
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quackcine" (quack + vaccine) or "quacksine" or "quackxine" or…