V-J Day Kiss (August 14, 1945)
Life magazine published a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt of an American sailor kissing a woman in Times Square to celebrate V-J Day (August 14, 1945). Eisenstaedt never recorded the couple's…
Vaccassinate (vaccine/vaccinate + assassinate)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in vaccines, but many people believed that the vaccines were dangerous. The terms "vaccassinate" (vaccine/vaccinate + assassinate) and…
Vaccassination (vaccine/vaccination + assassination)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in vaccines, but many people believed that the vaccines were dangerous. The terms "vaccassinate" (vaccine/vaccinate + assassinate) and…
Vaccident or Vaxxident or Vaxxxident (vaccine + accident)
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led to the development of vaccines. Many of the vaccines affected the vaccinated and resulted in traffic accidents, which were called "vaxxxidents"…
Vaccinazi (vaccine + Nazi)
Some people against vaccines have called a person pushing vaccines a "vaccinazi" (vaccine + Nazi). The term has been used in English and in other languages, such as German, Dutch and…
Vaccine Bouncer or Vax Bouncer or Vaxx Bouncer
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in some mandates, such as vaccination requirements to enter restaurants and indoor entertainments. Some of these establishments hired a "vaccine…
Vaccism or Vacism or Vaxism or Vaxxism
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in vaccines, but many people refused to take the vaccines. "Vacism" (or "vaccism," "vaxism," "vaxxism") is…
Vacism or Vaccism or Vaxism or Vaxxism
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in vaccines, but many people refused to take the vaccines. "Vacism" (or "vaccism," "vaxism," "vaxxism") is…
Vackseen (variant spelling of “vaccine”)
"Vackseen" (vaccine) and "vackseenz" (vaccines) are variant spellings, sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spellings became popular…
Vackseenz (variant spelling of “vaccines”)
"Vackseen" (vaccine) and "vackseenz" (vaccines) are variant spellings, sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spellings became popular…
Vacksinashun (variant spelling of “vaccination”)
"Vacksinashun" (vaccination) is a variant spelling, sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spelling became popular in 2020 with the COVID-19…
Vacksinate (variant spelling of “vaccinate”)
"Vacksinate" (vaccinate) and "vacksination" (vaccination) are variant spellings, sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spellings…
Vacksination (variant spelling of “vaccination”)
"Vacksinate" (vaccinate) and "vacksination" (vaccination) are variant spellings, sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spellings…
Vagenda (vagina + agenda)
"Vagenda" (vagina + agenda) is a woman's agenda; this could include feminism. "While this is bullseye when there's a Gloria Allred on the vagenda" was posted on the…
Vain Stem (vain + Main Stem, for Broadway)
"Vain Stem" (vain + Main Stem) was a nickname for Broadway in Manhattan that was used in the 1930s and 1940s. "The newest name for B'way, 'The Vain Stem,'"…
VaJINO (vagina + Jew In Name Only)
"RINO" (Republican In Name Only) is a popular political term that has inspired other "in name only" terms. "JINO" means "Jew(ish) In Name Only." A…
Value Investing (Value Investor)
"Value investing" is the investment theory where a "value investor" seeks to buy a security that is undervalued at its current market price. Benjamin Graham (1894-1976) and…
Vampire REO
"Monsters of the Housing Market: Vampire REOs and Zombie Foreclosures" by Daren Blomquist appeared on RealtyTrac on October 2, 2013. An REO ("real estate owned") is a property…
Vampire Squid (Goldman Sachs nickname)
Matt Taibbi wrote in Rolling Stone of Jul 13, 2009: "The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a…
Vanilla (plain or ordinary)
Vanilla is the most popular flavor of ice cream, so lots of people must like it. "Plain vanilla," however, is something that is basic, standard, and perhaps also drab and dull. As late as…