“King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk” (metric mnemonic)
"King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk" is a mnemonic device for remembering the metric units, in descending order: kil-, hecto-, deka-, meter-, deci-, centi-, milli-. The…
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“A refrigerator is a place to store leftovers until they are old enough to throw out”
"A refrigerator is a place where you store leftovers until they are ready to be thrown out" is an old comic observation. A newspaper comic caption on September 8, 1954 was: "Our…
“It never occurs to politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) is one of the most-quoted of American presidents. "It never occurs to politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting" is a quip that dates to…
“I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everybody”
Longtime New York (NY) World editor Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) said at a December 1950 dinner in his honor, as reported by Leonard Lyons: "Swope responded thus: He said that from the…
“On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment — halftime”
"On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment — halftime" is a quip showing that televised football games are as much part of the Thanksgiving…
“It’s not the minutes at the table that make you fat—it’s the seconds”
"It's not the minutes at the table that make you fat -- it's the seconds" is a pun that plays upon the word "seconds" (meaning "second helpings" or…
“How many cooks does it take to stuff a turkey?” (joke)
"How many cooks does it take to stuff a turkey? One, but you really have to squeeze him in!" The turkey-stuffing joke -- included in many Thanksgiving joke collections -- has been cited…
“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…
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…