Gentleman’s Sweep (4-1 series win)
A seven-game series "sweep" is when a sports team wins four straight games, losing none. A five-game series "sweep" is when a team wins three straight games, losing none.…
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden (“golf” backronym)
The etymology of the word "golf" is uncertain, but it's unlikely that "golf" is an acronym. It is sometimes claimed that "golf" is an acronym of a sign that was…
Gentlemen’s Sweep (4-1 series win)
A seven-game series "sweep" is when a sports team wins four straight games, losing none. A five-game series "sweep" is when a team wins three straight games, losing none.…
George Eddy (customer who doesn’t leave a tip)
Entry in progress -- B.P. JSTORFebruary 1936, American Speech, "Linguistic Concoctions of the Soda Jerker" by Harold W. Bentley, pp. 37-45:GEORGE EDDY. Man who gives no tips. Google…
George Spelvin (pseudonym)
Wikipedia: George SpelvinGeorge Spelvin, Georgette Spelvin, and Georgina Spelvin are traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theater. "Georgina Spelvin" has fallen out of…
Georgette Spelvin (pseudonym)
Wikipedia: George SpelvinGeorge Spelvin, Georgette Spelvin, and Georgina Spelvin are traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theater. "Georgina Spelvin" has fallen out of…
Georgina Spelvin (pseudonym)
Wikipedia: George SpelvinGeorge Spelvin, Georgette Spelvin, and Georgina Spelvin are traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theater. "Georgina Spelvin" has fallen out of…
German Broadway or German Boulevard (East 86th Street in Yorkville)
"Little Germany" (Kleindeutschland) was originally located on Manhattan's lower east side. The German community there was devasted by the 1904 Slocum ship tragedy; gradually,…
Gerxit (Germany/German + exit)
"Gerxit” (Germany/German + exit) is a word created to define a possible German exit from the eurozone. "Gerexit" has been cited in print since at least May 2012. "Grexit"…
Gestapolemics (Gestapo + polemics)
"Gestapolemics" (Gestapo + polemics) is a neologism that was printed in the Washington (DC) Post on February 28, 2013, defined as "calling your political opponents Nazis." The…
Get the hook!
"Get the hook!" This was a cry from the audience to get a bad performer off the stage. Someone in the wings would get a hooked pole and hook the performer away. "The hook" was…
Get-rich-quick (Get-rich-quickly; Get-rich-quicker)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Get-rich-quick schemeA get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return for a small investment. Most such schemes promise that participants can…
Ghost Kitchen
Online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platforms such as DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates and Uber Eats have resulted in several new terms for restaurants: cloud kitchen, cloud…
Ghost Money
"Ghost money" entered the international political lexicon in April 2013, when Afghanistan officials admitted getting "ghost money" from the U.S. government. The New York (NY)…
Ghost Restaurant
Online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platforms such as DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates and Uber Eats have resulted in several new terms for restaurants: cloud kitchen, cloud…
Ghostbusters Building (55 Central Park West)
55 Central Park West has no formal building name, but it's called the "Ghostbusters Building" after the popular film comedy. Ghostbusters (1984) called the building "Spook…
Giants (National League baseball team, now in San Francisco)
The "Giants" nickname has been much disputed through the years. It has been claimed that it was coined by manager Jim Mutrie (1851-1938). A date of June 3, 1885 is often given. Certainly,…
Giardiniera
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: GiardinieraGiardiniera is an Italian or Italian-American relish of pickled vegetables in vinegar or oil. Common vegetables in the Italian version, also called…
Gibson (cocktail)
The Gibson cocktail usually has gin, vermouth, and cocktail onions. There have been many theories about the name "Gibson." The 1904 date (below) rules out other Gibsons and might favor…
Gig Economy
Tina Brown, journalist and the founder and editor of The Daily Beast, wrote the "The Gig Economy" for that online publication on January 12, 2009. "To people I know in the bottom…