Jack (GAC=grilled American cheese); Jack Benny/Jack Back (grilled American cheese with bacon)
Diner lingo shortens a "grilled American cheese sandwich" to "GAC." The term "GAC" is pronounced and often written as "Jack." A "Jack" with bacon…
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Honeymoon Salad (lettuce alone and no dressing)
A 'honeymoon salad," as the old joke has it, is "lettuce alone" ("let us alone"). "Honeymoon salad" ("lettuce alone") is cited in print since 1925.…
“We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikiquote: Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin (17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790) was an American inventor, journalist, printer, diplomat, and statesman.(...)Attributed.…
“Markets make managers”
"Markets make managers" means that, for some money managers, it pays to be lucky as well as good. If the stock market goes up (or down) as the money manager had predicted, the market has…
“Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?”
"Animal crackers" (crackers made in animal shapes) have been sold commercially since the late 19th century. In an April 2, 1996 "Family Circus" comic strip, young Billy eats…
“Why did the chicken cross the road?” (joke)
"Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!" This joke is cited in print in the March 1847 The Knickerbocker (New York monthly magazine). An 1872 variant is: "Why…
“What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?” (food riddle)
"What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T? A teapot." This popular riddle has been cited in print since at least 1933. “How do you turn a T into a P?"/"Drink it"…
“Why don’t cannibals eat clowns?”/“Because they taste funny!”
"Why don't cannibals eat clowns? Because they taste funny!" This popular cannibal-eats-clown joke (wordplay on "tastes funny" meaning "strange" or "not…
Jaikishan Heights (Jackson Heights)
Jackson, Heights, Queens, has been called "Little India" since at least 1985 for its many Indian businesses at 74th Street area (between Roosevelt Avenue and 37th Avenue). Jackson Heights…
Little Pakistan (Midwood, Brooklyn)
The Midwood section of Brooklyn -- on Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Newkirk Avenue -- has been called "Little Pakistan" because of its many residents of Pakistani descent. The…
“Practice safe eating—always use condiments”
In 1985-86 (during the AIDS epidemic), health authorities encouraged people to practice "safe sex" and to "always use a condom." By 1987, restaurants parodied this with "Be…
Little Bangladesh
"Little Bangladesh" is a neighborhood nickname for any area filled with people of Bangladesh descent. New York City had more than one "Little Bangladesh." The Kensington section…
Little Manila
"Little Manila" (after the capital of the Philippines) is a neighborhood nickname for a community filled with people of Filipino descent. There are many "Little Manilas" around…
Little India (Lexington Avenue in Manhattan)
"Little India" describes the area along Lexington Avenue (between East 26th and East 30th Streets) in Manhattan, just south of Murray Hill. The neighborhood features many Indian…
Little India (Jackson Heights, Queens)
Jackson Heights, Queens, has been called "Little India" since at least 1985. In 1992, the 74th Street area (between Roosevelt Avenue and 37th Avenue) was officially named "Little…
“They all share the same kitchen” (East 6th Street Indian restaurant joke)
"Little India" began on East 6th Street (between First and Second Avenues) in Manhattan in 1968, when the first Indian restaurant opened. By at least the 1990s, a joke has frequently been…
“Hooker: Would you like super sex? Old Timer: I’ll have the soup!”
A joke is frequently told about an old person who loses his appetite for sex -- but not his appetite. His friends hire a prostitute for the old man's birthday. "Would you like to have…
Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction (derivatives)
Derivatives (such as forwards, futures, options, and swaps) can be risky financial investments. Warren Buffett, C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathway, wrote in its 2002 annual report (published in March…
Fiscal Child Abuse (deficit spending)
"Fiscal child abuse" is another name for deficit spending -- where the children (future) are left with the bill for the present. The term has come into increasing use in the United States…
“Government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have”
U.S. president Gerald Ford told Congress in 1974: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." The saying…