Quarantine 15 (weight gain)
"Freshman Fifteen" refers to fifteen pounds of weight gain that freshmen sometimes gain. Many people gained weight during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent quarantine.…
Quarantine Coffee
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused many people to quarantine. Many bars closed, and some products were difficult to buy. This was posted on Reddit -- Funny on April 1, 2020: "It’s…
Quarantine Fifteen (weight gain)
"Freshman Fifteen" refers to fifteen pounds of weight gain that freshmen sometimes gain. Many people gained weight during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent quarantine.…
Quarantini (quarantine + martini)
"Quarantini" (quarantine + martini) is a cocktail name that was mentioned on the American medical comedy-drama television series Scrubs, on the episode "My Quarantine" that…
Quarantiranny (quarantine + tyranny)
Entry in progress -- B>P. "Quarantyranny" (quarantine + tyranny) is another spelling. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global…
Quarantune (quarantine + tune)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many quarantines. A "quarantune" (quarantine + tune) is music played during a quarantine, or new music made about the quarantine, or new…
Quarantween (quarantine + tween)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines and popularized some quarantine portmanteau words. A "quaranteen" (quarantine + teen) or "quaranteenager" (quarantine…
Quarantyranny (quarantine + tyranny)
Entry in progress -- B>P. "Quarantiranny" (quarantine + tyranny) is another spelling. Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreakThe 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global…
Quareaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Quareaster" (quarantine + Easter) is a portmanteau…
Quarterly Capitalism
"Quarterly capitalism" means the same thing as "short-termism" -- overreliance on quarterly reports and quarterly profits rather than long term planning. "Capitalism, for…
Quaxine or Quaxxine or Quaxxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Quaxxine or Quaxine or Quaxxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Quaxxxine or Quaxine or Quaxxine (quack + vaccine)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to vaccines. Some people who distrusted the vaccines called them "quaxine" or "quaxxine" or "quaxxxine" (quack + vaccine).…
Queaster (quarantine + Easter)
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in quarantines, and this occurred on the Easter 2020 religious holiday on April 12, 2020. "Queaster" (quarantine + Easter) is a portmanteau…
Queen (Drag Queen)
Harlem's female impersonators were called "queens" in the 1930s. "In New York" with Paul Harrison was syndicated in many newspapers. Harrison's column describing…
Queen Anne (cocktail)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 21 May 1893, Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, pg. 17, col. 2:THE MANHATTAN.The Greatest of American Democratic Clubs.The Manhattan club at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth…
Queen of Avenues (Fifth Avenue)
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue has been called the "Queen of Avenues." The term "queen of avenues" (lower case) was cited in print in 1949. Jack McCarthy, a broadcaster of the…
Queen of Soul Food (Sylvia’s)
Sylvia's restaurant at 328 Lenox Avenue (127th Street) has become a Harlem institution. It was started in 1962 by Sylvia Woods (1926-2012). Sylvia's has used the trademarked slogan…
Queens (cocktail)
The "Manhattan" cocktail has existed since at least the 1880s, but for many years it was noted that the borough of Wueens did not have a cocktail of its own. A "Queen's…
Queens Topographical Poem
A Queens topographical poem -- written in 1926 by Ellis Parker Butler -- attempted to easily explain the new street numbering. 3 December 1926, New York Times, pg. 8:VERSE AFFORDS MEANSTO GET ABOUT…