“May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs!”
"May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off (of) your thighs!" is the last line of a short poem about Thanksgiving food. The poem has been cited in print since at least 1989. In 2001, the…
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Rubies of the Pines (New Jersey cranberries)
New Jersey's Pine Barrens helps make New Jersey the third largest cranberry producing state. Its cranberries have been dubbed "The Rubies of the Pines" since at least 1991. Union…
Tough Shit, America (Transportation Security Administration or TSA nickname)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began in 2001 under the U.S. Department of Transportation; in 2003, TSA was moved to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. New airport scanners…
“Congress: A man gets up to speak and says nothing, nobody listens, and then everybody disagrees”
New York (NY) Post Broadway columnist Leonard Lyons wrote this in a 1941 column: "'Congress is so strange,' reported Boris Marshalov, the Russian actor and dramatic coach, after a…
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble…”
British writer Ernest Benn (1875-1954) has been quoted from 1930: "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the…
Contango
Entry in progress -- B.P, Wikipedia: ContangoContango is a term used in the futures market to describe an upward sloping forward curve (as in the normal yield curve). Such a forward curve is said…
Thousands Standing Around (Transportation Security Administration or TSA nickname)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began in 2001 under the U.S. Department of Transportation; in 2003, TSA was moved to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The TSA's…
Total Sexual Assault (Transportation Security Administration or TSA nickname)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began in 2001 under the U.S. Department of Transportation; in 2003, TSA was moved to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. New airport scanners…
“Don’t retreat—reload”
Sarah Palin (the former governor of Alaska and Republican party candidate for vice president in 2008) tweeted on March 23, 2010: "Commonsense Conservatives & lovers of America:…
GOPbagger (GOP + teabagger)
"GOPbagger" (GOP + teabagger) is an epithet for a Republican who supports tea party principles. The term is considered derogatory because of the sexual slang use of the word…
Teapublican (tea party + Republican)
A "Teapublican" (also "TEApublican" or "TeaPublican") is a tea party Republican, supporting tea party ideals of low taxes and limited government. The opposite of a…
“Eat fish, live longer” (M. Slavin & Sons, Ltd.)
"Eat fish, live longer" is the slogan of Brooklyn's M. Slavin & Sons, Ltd., trademarked with a "first use" date of 1960. The slogan was also used by Paddy's Clam…
Mobzdale or Mobsdale (Rosedale, Queens)
"Mobzdale" or "Mobsdale" is a nickname for Rosedale, Queens, that has been cited in print since at least 2003. The nickname has been used in Rosedale's large…
Home of the Haze (Washington Heights)
"Home of the Haze" is a nickname for Washington Heights. The nickname might come from the haze of the Hudson River, but is most clearly identified with the drug "haze" or…
“If you can read this, thank a teacher; If you’re reading this in English, thank a soldier”
"If you can read this, thank a teacher; If you're reading this in English, thank a soldier" is a patriotic bumper sticker saying that dates to at least December 2001. The origin of…
“If you can’t open their minds, open their heads”
Conservative radio and television commentator Glenn Beck posted audio on his blog The Blaze, on November 16, 2010, of a comment at a National Socialist strategy session: "The labor movement…
Shadyville (Queens Village, Queens)
"Shadyville" is a rap nickname for Mid-Eastern Queens, usually Queens Village but sometimes Hollis. "Shadyville" has been cited in print since at least 1995. Wikipedia: Queens…
Little Norway (Sunset Park, Brooklyn)
"Little Norway," in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, was a popular area for immigrants from Norway in the 1880s and 1890s, but it's barely recognizable as "Little Norway"…
“My way or the highway”
"My way or the highway" is a management style that means things are done the way that person says things are done, or people can hit the highway and get out. The expression…
Grand Obstructionist Party (Grand Old Party or GOP nickname)
"Grand Obstructionist Party" is a nickname for the "Grand Old Party" or "GOP" -- the Republican party -- used by those who believe that the Republicans are…