The Singer Building or Singer Tower, a 47-story office building for the Singer Sewing Machine Company located at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, was the tallest building in the world when…
Japanese "sukiyaki" (also spelled "suki-yaki" in the early 1900s) is cited in English from at least 1911. Sukiyaki quickly became Japan's most famous international dish and…
Colleges admit students in April, but sometimes those students drop out and don't enroll as freshmen in August-September. There could be financial or other reasons for why the students decide…
"Summer slide" is what school children forget as they leave school and June and return to school in September. Summer reading programs are often arranged to protect against a "summer…
"Summer stock" are stage productions that are performed during the summer. Many New York actors have practiced their craft in the small cities that host summer stock productions.…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Brooklyn Newsstand3 July 1887, Brooklyn (NY) Daily Egale, pg. 13, col. 1:"Summer time," is bread and milk. Entry in progress -- B.P. Hudson River Valley Heritage…
Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn is located near the communities of Sunset Park and South Park Slope (or South Slope). The neighborhood nickname "Sun Slope" (Sunset Park + South Park Slope)…
A "Sunday driver" is someone who drives slowly (and often poorly), There are several puns about a "sundae driver." An early pun involves a driver who eats ice cream. "A…
"Sunny side up" means an order of eggs fried on one side only. The term "sunny side up" has been used in restaurant slang since at least 1887. According to an 1899 newspaper…
"Sunnysider” is the name of an inhabitant of Sunnyside, in the borough of Queens. The name “Sunnysider” has been cited in print since at least 1923. Wikipedia: Sunnyside, QueensSunnyside…
Vitamin D can be acquired through exposure to sunlight. The vitamin D nickname of the "sunshine vitamin" has been cited in print since at least 1927, when the nickname was used in…
Several large fashion events have been called the "Super Bowl of Fashion." The Super Bowl is the championship game in the National Football League and is one of the most-watched…
The term "Super Congress" was introduced on July 24, 2011, and became part of the deal to increase the debt ceiling. A special committee or "Super Congress" of 13 persons…
YouTube (a video-sharing website owned by Google) started a "super flagger" program in 2014 that allowed special individuals to "flag" certain videos that are found…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Super SaturdaySuper Saturday or Panic Saturday is the last Saturday before Christmas, a major day of revenue for American retailers, marking the end of the…
College is normally four years to receive an undergraduate degree; someone who stays longer is often called a "fifth year senior" or a "super senior." "Heck, I'm a…
"Supertower" (or "super tower") is another term for a "skyscraper." The term "supertower" was seldom used before 1990, when the NEC Supertower opened in…
"Superbas" was the nickname of the baseball team that would later be called the Brooklyn Dodgers (now the Los Angeles Dodgers). "Superba" was the title of an 1890s entertainment…
The Super Bowl is the National Football League's championship game. "Superbowlian" (or "Super Bowlian") -- the adjective -- reflects things about or like the Super Bowl;…
New York City is just "super." It all began with Superman, followed by Superstar and Supermodel. SUPERMAN "Superman" was born in Germany in the 1890s, when Friedrich Nietzsche…