Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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Hockey Puck (a burger, especially a hamburger cooked “well done”)
Grillable
Afterburners (Jalapeño Shrimp Poppers)
“In for a dime, in for a dollar”
Cement Doughnut or Cement Donut (bagel)
Roll with a Hole (bagel)
“Whenever you don’t know who the loser is in a transaction, then the loser is you”
“Speak truth to power”
Lazy Susan
Curate’s Assistant (muffin/cake stand)
Mike and Ike (salt and pepper shakers; jelly candy)
Hash-House Greek
Cheap Charlie (candy store)
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”
Boycott; Girlcott; Procott; Buycott
Soup Jockey (waiter or waitress)
Useful Idiot
“You should invest like a Catholic marries—for life” (Warren Buffett)
“Never bring a knife to a gunfight”
“If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical” (Larry Gelbart)
Gotcha Journalism
Mayo (mayonnaise)
Apple-Pie Order
Aunt Samantha (wife of Uncle Sam)
Court of Public Opinion
Double Dip
Showstopper or Show-stopper (“stop the show”)
“Only as the power of persuasion replaces the persuasion of power can collective bargaining…”
“When you throw dirt, you lose ground”
Mofongo
Jewish Fruitcake or Jewish Gingerbread (lekach - honey cake)
“It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world”
Waste, Fraud and Abuse (“big three”)
Dessertery (dessert + bakery/eatery)
Fringe Media
Mainstream Media (MSM)
Lick-log (“down to the lick-log” or “up to the lick-log”)
Fried Food Capital of Texas (State Fair of Texas)
Quesadilla on Steroids (mulita)
Mulita
“One man’s chicken shit is another man’s chicken salad”
“You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken shit”
“Champagne wishes and caviar dreams”
King of Condiments (ketchup; mustard; salsa; shoyu; Tabasco)
Foodiot (foodie + idiot)
Gravy Train (Gravy Boat)
Bullet Sandwich
“Indescribably delicious”
Mexican Brownie
Breakfast Pizza
Vampire Squid (Goldman Sachs nickname)
The United States of Goldman Sachs
Fauxthor (faux author)
“Too small to bail”