Supermarket (Super Market)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: SupermarketA supermarket is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments. It is larger in size and…
Superscraper (super + skyscraper)
"Superscraper" (super + skyscraper) is an infrequently used term for a "super" skyscraper. "Superscraper" was cited in print in 1962 (when it referred to New York…
Supertall (a skyscraper over 300 meters or 984 feet tall)
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat defines a building as "supertall" if it is over 300 meters (984 feet) in height. A "megatall" building is one over 600 meters…
Supper Club
The "supper club" started in London and became popular in the second half of the 19th century. A "supper club" is a "night club," with food, music and dancing. An 1898…
Supreme Dorks (U.S. Supreme Court nickname)
The U.S. Supreme Court was established in the United States Constitution in 1789 and is the highest federal court in the Untied States. "Supreme Dorks" is an unflattering nickname that…
Surf and Turf (Surf ‘n’ Turf)
"Surf and Turf” (or “Surf 'n' Turf") is a restaurant dish featuring both meat and seafood, often filet mignon and lobster tails. California's Del Mar racetrack…
Survivors’ Staircase (Survivors’ Stairs)
The "survivors' staircase" (or "survivors' stairs") of New York City's World Trade Center are two outdoor flights of granite stairs that people used to escape the…
Sushi Burrito; Sushirrito (sushi + burrito)
A "sushi burrito" is sushi wrapped like a burrito -- either in a tortilla, in seaweed, or in a thin sheet of soy paper. "Sushirrito" (sushi + burrito) is a registered trademark…
Sushi Sickness
"Sushi sickness" was the Urban Dictionary's Urban Word of the Day for December 2, 2012, but the term has been little-used. "Sushi sickness" means an illness someone has…
Susie-Q or Suzie-Q or Suzy-Q (dance)
"Susie-Q" (also spelled ""Suzie-Q"and "Suzy-Q") began in 1936 as a dance, then became the title of a 1936 song ("Doin' the Suzie Q")by hardin…
Suspended Coffee (Caffè Sospeso)
"Suspended coffee" is a tradition that began (by at least the early 2000s) in Naples, where it is called "caffè sospeso." A customer enters a coffee shop and orders two drinks.…
SWATing (Swatting)
"Swatting" (also "SWATing" or "SWATting") is when someone calls emergency service (such as "911") from an undetectable location to report a nonexistent crime…
Sweatember (sweat + September)
"Sweatember" (sweat + September) has been printed on several images. The term means that September is a month to sweat -- either to sweat off the pounds by working out, or because…
Sweatember (sweat + September)
"Sweatember" (sweat + September) has been printed on several images. The term means that September is a month to sweat -- either to sweat off the pounds by working out, or because…
Sweater Weather
Entry in progress -- B.P. OCLC WolrdCat recordSweater weather.Author: Coats Patons (Firm)Publisher: [Listowel, Ont.] : Patons, ©2001.Series: Patons classics.; Beehive, book no. 972…
Sweatshop (Sweat Shop, or Sweating Shop)
A "sweatshop" or "sweat shop" or "sweating shop" is a place where people work for very little pay ("sweat" wages). In New York and Chicago and Boston, the…
Swedish Automobile Always Broken (Saab backronymic nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Saab AutomobileSaab Automobile AB /ˈsɑːb/ is a Swedish premium car manufacturer. It was formed in 1945 when Saab AB, "Svenska Aeroplan AB…
Sweet Alice (milk)
"Sweet Alice" was soda jerk slang for a glass of milk. "A glass of milk is just 'Sweet Alice' to him (a soda jerker -- ed.)" was printed in the Miami (FL) Daily News…
Sweet Sixteen (sixteen remaining tournament players or teams)
"Sweet sixteen" is what the final 16 teams or players in a tournament are sometimes called. The term "sweet sixteen" has been used in the Illinois high school boys'…
Sweet Water Chemist (soda jerk)
"Sweet water chemist" (or "sweet-water chemist") is a fancy name for a "soda jerk(er)." The name became popular when many soda fountains were located in drugstores.…