An etymological dictionary of American words, names, quotations and phrases, including regional dictionaries of New York City, Florida, Oregon and Texas.
When a tv’s remote doesn’t work, many people open the battery case and try to just roll the batteries around. “I’m personally a big fan of ‘opening the battery case and rolling the batteries around/switching them around instead of replacing them’” was posted on X/Twitter by Jillian🚦🍅 on August 4, 2020. “Shout out to everyone who takes the back off the remote control and rolls the batteries…
X/Twitter Mistress Dividend @mistressdivy Shout out to everyone who takes the back off the remote control and rolls the batteries around instead of just replacing them. 9:30 PM · Apr 14, 2026 X/Twitter єℓαιηє @elainesim28 Shoutout to everyone who takes the back off the remote control and rolls the batteries around instead of just replacing them. 1:35 PM · May 6, 2026
Many people check weather apps more as they grow older. A young child (who doesn t have responsibilities) usually doesn t care or stress about the weather. No one told me that once I get older, the weather app will become a part of my routine was posted on X/Twitter by Tanuj Choudhary on April 2, 2025. Nobody told me that once I get older, the weather app will become a part of my daily routine was…
Many people check weather apps more as they grow older. A young child (who doesn t have responsibilities) usually doesn t care or stress about the weather. No one told me that once I get older, the weather app will become a part of my routine was posted on X/Twitter by Tanuj Choudhary on April 2, 2025. Nobody told me that once I get older, the weather app will become a part of my daily routine was…
Many people check weather apps more as they grow older. A young child (who doesn t have responsibilities) usually doesn t care or stress about the weather. No one told me that once I get older, the weather app will become a part of my routine was posted on X/Twitter by Tanuj Choudhary on April 2, 2025. Nobody told me that once I get older, the weather app will become a part of my daily routine was…
A single $20 bill used to go far, before inflation. Twenty dollars used to fill up a car s gas tank. Twenty dollars used to buy groceries, or a dinner for two. Everything used to be 20 dollars and now that I finally have 20 dollars everything is now 200 dollars was posted on Tumblr by velvetys on May 31, 2026, and this received over 27,000 likes. everything used to be 20 dollars and now that i…
AI (artificial intelligence) can do many jobs, but it can’t do everything a human can. A popular meme starts with “AI is coming for your jobs” or AI will replace you, and then describes some humorous thing that some people do at work. AI will replace you I’d like to see AI turn a small inconvenience into a huge panic attack was posted on X/Twitter by Sopranos World on August 4, 2026, and this…
Wikipedia: America the Beautiful America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, though the two never met.[2] Bates wrote the words as a poem, originally titled Pikes Peak . It was first published in the Fourth of July…
X/Twitter Connor Boyack 📚 @cboyack The greatest trick politicians ever pulled was convincing people that the free market caused problems that were actually created by government intervention. 3:41 PM · Apr 16, 2025
X/Twitter Neet @neet_sol The economy is so bad that scam messages went from “you won the lottery” to “remote job available $18/hr” 4:38 AM · Jul 15, 2026
For seemingly every solar eclipse, the news media inform how rare the event is. This joke was posted on X/Twitter by @synszo on August 11, 2026, and it received over 181,000 likes: Every few years a solar eclipse happens and every time they be like this is the first solar eclipse since 1734. X/Twitter Heather Tillotson @TillotsonH BC 2nd graders witnessing the Solar Eclipse of 2K17. First solar…
Pets often stretch out, and pet owners often comment on this. if your dog stretches and you dont say OH BIG STRETCH every single time then you are a psychopath and i dont want to know you was posted on X/Twitter by Andrew Lawrence on March 10, 2020, and this received over 249,000 likes. If your dog stretches and you don’t say OH BIG STRETCH every single time then you are a psychopath and I don’t…
Pets often stretch out, and pet owners often comment on this. if your dog stretches and you dont say OH BIG STRETCH every single time then you are a psychopath and i dont want to know you was posted on X/Twitter by Andrew Lawrence on March 10, 2020, and this received over 249,000 likes. If your dog stretches and you don’t say OH BIG STRETCH every single time then you are a psychopath and I don’t…
Pets often stretch out, and pet owners often comment on this. if your dog stretches and you dont say OH BIG STRETCH every single time then you are a psychopath and i dont want to know you was posted on X/Twitter by Andrew Lawrence on March 10, 2020, and this received over 249,000 likes. If your dog stretches and you don’t say OH BIG STRETCH every single time then you are a psychopath and I don’t…
Joe Bowers , sometimes called Old Joe Bowers , is an American folk song that originated in the 1850s. Its lyrics detail the protagonist, Joe Bowers, traveling to California from Pike County, Missouri in order to finance a home for his bride to be, Sally Black, though she eventually marries another man. The song was one of the most popular of its time, being a particular favorite among Confederates…
Run like you re chasing a taco truck (or Run like you re chasing an ice cream truck ) is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Ice cream trucks used to cruise neighborhoods for customers, and children would run after the trucks. The jocular running saying means that one should run fast. And no matter what, RUN LIKE YOU RE CHASING AN ICE CREAM TRUCK!! was posted on the newsgroup…
Run like you re chasing a taco truck (or Run like you re chasing an ice cream truck ) is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Ice cream trucks used to cruise neighborhoods for customers, and children would run after the trucks. The jocular running saying means that one should run fast. And no matter what, RUN LIKE YOU RE CHASING AN ICE CREAM TRUCK!! was posted on the newsgroup…
Tabasco pepper sauce is named after the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, in Mexico. The TABASCO BRAND website says that Tabasco is a word of Mexican Indian origin believed to mean place where the soil is humid or place of the coral or oyster shell. Tabasco pepper was printed in the Courrier De La Louisiane (New Orleans, LA) on February 25, 1818. Tobasco pepper was printed in the Louisiana…
Slopocalypse is a portmanteau of the words slop and apocalypse, and refers to a high volume of AI slop content. Wiktionary defines slopocalypse as A point where AI generated content becomes overwhelming, breaking safety standards and suffocating human produced content, and states, Coined by American cognitive scientist and psychologist Gary Marcus in 2025. Let the SLOPocalypse commence was posted…
Cronions are crispy / crunchy french fried onions. Crunions are usually served on an Icelandic hot dog. Pulsa is the Icelandic word for hot dog, and pulsur means the plural hot dogs. Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur (literally translating to “the best hot dog in town”) has served Icelandic hot dogs in Reykjavik since 1937. The everything hot dog contains a lamb hot dog, Icelandic mustard, Icelandic style…
Above, the header from the February 18, 1924 New York (NY) Morning Telegraph newspaper column of John J. Fitz Gerald. Click to see a portion of the column which includes his use of Big Apple. Part of a December 1, 1926 column is also available. Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, where New York Morning Telegraph track writer John J. Fitz Gerald last lived. Google…