Newsie (newspaper seller)
Many children living in cities in the 1800s sold newspapers and shined shoes; they were called "newsies" and "shiners." The term "newsboy" -- they were almost…
NewSmacks (Newsmax nickname)
Newsmax is a conservative American news and opinion website, and it operates Newsmax TV. Some critics have nicknamed it "NewSmacks" (or "Newsmacks"). "newsmacks wants you…
NewSmacks (Newsmax TV nickname)
Newsmax is a conservative American news and opinion website, and it operates Newsmax TV. Some critics have nicknamed it "NewSmacks" (or "Newsmacks"). "newsmacks wants you…
Newsmin or Newsminimum (Newsmax nickname)
Newsmax is a conservative American news and opinion website, and it operates Newsmax TV. Some critics have nicknamed it "Newsmin" or "Newsminimum." "Newsmax should be…
Newsmin or Newsminimum (Newsmax TV nickname)
Newsmax is a conservative American news and opinion website, and it operates Newsmax TV. Some critics have nicknamed it "Newsmin" or "Newsminimum." "Newsmax should be…
Newsminimum or Newsmin (Newsmax nickname)
Newsmax is a conservative American news and opinion website, and it operates Newsmax TV. Some critics have nicknamed it "Newsmin" or "Newsminimum." "Newsmax should be…
Newsminimum or Newsmin (Newsmax TV nickname)
Newsmax is a conservative American news and opinion website, and it operates Newsmax TV. Some critics have nicknamed it "Newsmin" or "Newsminimum." "Newsmax should be…
Newspaper Row
Newspapers in the 19th century liked to be close to the source of news -- city hall. In the second half of the nineteenth century (roughly 1875-1900), Park Row in Manhattan was also called…
Newsweak (Newsweek nickname)
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine that began in 1933 and is located in New York City. In November 2010, Newsweek merged with the website The Daily Beast. The obvious Newsweek nickname of Newsweek…
Newszak or Newzak (news + muzak)
"Newzak" or "newsak" (news + muzak) is a kind of news, like muzak, that people listen to but don't intellectually involve themselves with. English journalist Malcolm…
NFHell (NFL + hell)
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league, headquartered in New York City. The NFL has been dubbed "NFHell" or "NFhell" or "NFhelL"…
Nickel Empire (Coney Island)
Coney Island, the entertainment resort located in Brooklyn, was dubbed the "Nickel Empire" in the 1930s and 1940s for several reasons. New York City's subway (of which Coney Island…
Nickel Series (Nickel World Series)
When the New York Yankees play the New York Giants, or the Brooklyn Dodgers, or now the New York Mets in a baseball World Series, it's called a "Subway Series." The first three…
Nickel-and-Dime
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktionary: nickel and dimeAlternative forms. nickel-and-dimeEtymologyFrom the names of two US coins of small value.Adjectivenickel and dime1. (US, idiomatic, colloquial)…
Nickelodious (Nickelodeon nickname)
Nickelodeon is an American cable television network containing programming for children and adolescents. In 2008 and 2009, a channel running Nickelodeon's cartoons from the 1990s was called…
Nicotini (nicotine + martini)
Many restaurants and bars throughout the world have banned smoking to eliminate second-hand smoke. Some enterprising individuals decided to try to put nicotine directly into the food and drinks.…
Nifty
Entry in progress -- B.P. "Nifty" is used in the financial terms "Nifty Fifty" and "Nifty Nine." "Nifty" is said in Wikipedia to mean "National Index…
Nifty Fifty
"Nifty Fifty" was a term popular in early 1970s to represent fifty growth stocks, with high price-to-earnings ratios, that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The "Nifty…
Nifty Nine
The name "Nifty Fifty" referred to 50 popular large-cap stocks on the New York Stock Exchange in the 1960s and 1970s that were regarded as the major movers of the Dow Jones Industrial…
Niggerati or Niggeratti (nigger + literati)
"Niggerati" or "niggeratti" (nigger + literati) is a term of the Harlem Renaissance to describe Harlem's writers, artists and musicians. The term was popularized by…