Positive Attitude Changes Everything (“pace” backronym)
"Positive Attitude Changes Everything" is a backronym (or back acronym) of the word "pace." The positivity saying is often used in business and in sports. "PACE -- Positive…
POSPOTUS (POS + POTUS or President Of Some People Of The United States)
POSPOTUS or POS POTUS stands for Piece Of Shit President Of The United States. "POS POTUS" has been cited in print since at least February 2000. A June 2010 post (see below) defines…
Post-It Note Building (15 William Street)
15 William (formerly known as the William Beaver House) at 15 Williams Street at the Northwest corner of Beaver Street in the financial district of Manhattan, was given a nickname by the AIA Guide…
Post-Partisan
"Post-partisan" (or "postpartisan") means beyond partisanship. In the United States, this means beyond the two parties of Democrats and Republicans by taking the best ideas of…
Postage Stamp Consensus
"Postage stamp consensus" is a term that was popularized by English writer and public speaker David Icke in 2016. A "postage stamp consensus" represents the traditional…
POSX (U.S. Dollar Index or USDX nickname)
The U.S. Dollar Index (USDX) began in March 1973 and indexes the value of the United States dollar to foreign currencies. Turd Ferguson, of the blog TF Metals Report (his previous blog was…
Pot Roast (Yankee Pot Roast)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Pot roast (beef)Pot roast is a braised beef dish. Pot roast is typically made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef (often taken from the tougher chuck cut)…
Potato Sauce or Potatosauce
Mashed apples are called "apple sauce" (or "applesauce"), but mashed potatoes are not called "potato sauce" (or "potatosauce"). Also, there are "mashed…
Potato Skin
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Potato skinsPotato skins are a snack food or appetizer. They are made of small, flat circular or oval pieces of potatoes with skin on one side and a…
Potato Sticks
Potato sticks look like small french fries and taste like potato chips; they're made with "shoestring" (also called "matchstick") potatoes. Potato sticks have been sold in…
Potato Wedges
Potato wedges are large unpeeled wedges of potatoes cut lengthwise, baked or fried, and seasoned with salt, pepper and spices. The origin of potato wedges is not known, but the availability of…
Potatoes O’Brien
Who is O'Brien? Is this a New York City dish? Wikipedia: Potatoes O'BrienPotatoes O'Brien is a dish of pan-fried potatoes along with green and red bell peppers. The potatoes and the…
Potatosauce or Potato Sauce
Mashed apples are called "apple sauce" (or "applesauce"), but mashed potatoes are not called "potato sauce" (or "potatosauce"). Also, there are "mashed…
Potemkin Journalism (Potemkin Journalist)
A "Potemkin village" is a fake one that's meant to deceive. Russian minister Grigory Potemkin is said to have built fake villages along the Dnieper River in 1787 so that Empress…
Potsy
"Potsy" is the New York City term for the game of "hopscotch" (or a variant of this game). "Pot" has been cited since at least 1884 and "potsie" since at…
POTUS (President Of The United States)
"POTUS" is an acronym for "President Of The United States." The shorter "POT" stood for "President of the" in the book The Phillips Telegraphic Code (1879)…
Poverty Pimp (Povitician)
"Poverty pimp" is a term dating from at least 1970 to describe a person who claims to help people in poverty, but who actually helps himself or herself in the process. Often, a government…
Power Breakfast; Power Lunch
It's difficult to say the precise date and place when the "power breakfast" or the "power lunch" came into being. It appears that such "breakfast" and…
Power Elite
The term "power elite" was popularized by C. Wright Mills (1916-1962), a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962. Wright authored the book The…
Power of the Purse
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse -- that is, Congress must authorize how money is raised and spent. The term "power of the purse" dates to at least the 1600s,…