“Card sharp” dates back to the 1880s, the time of Wild West saloons and card rooms, but had evolved into “card shark” by the 1940s, long before Card Sharks could have solidified the change. Oddly enough, both “card shark” and “card sharp” make sense in their usages.
Have you ever gotten a black eye, or a “shiner”? (If you have, sorry.) Did you or your mom put a cold, floppy steak on it to make the swelling go down? It’s one of those old folk remedies everybody knows about, and you see in movies and on TV shows, but does it really work? Or is it just a waste of a perfectly good—and quite expensive—ribeye?
The Bee Gees continued to rack up hits until disco waned in popularity in 1980 and took them with it. The trio moved into songwriting (notable hit: the 1984 #1 hit “Islands in the Stream” by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers), but in the mid-‘80s wanted to make a performing comeback. Solution: form a supergroup by adding a fourth member.
Here are three weird news items about a very popular sandwich shop. Two of them are quite true…and one isn’t, because we made it up. Can you guess which one is the fake one?
The customer is always right—but not when they’re jerks. Here’s how some restaurant owners and employees got revenge on some nasty patrons with the power of the Internet.
Think you’ve got the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
Some Broadway shows are getting a lucrative post-Tony “bounce” as summer tourists flock to New York City. Almost nobody flocked to these misbegotten musicals.
Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
The football season doesn’t begin for a while, but here’s a look at the massive concrete-and-steel behemoths where the magic happens.
Sure, you know that “We’re not in Kansas anymore” is from The Wizard of Oz, or that “Welcome to Earth!” is from Independence Day. But can you name the movie that spawned the obscure lines of dialogue below?
English is a constantly changing language, with new words entering the lexicon from other cultures, the news, science…and even music.
It’s a form of communication dating back thousands of years to when dogs were wild pack animals. Various kinds of tail wags, along with postures and vocalizations, formed an ad hoc language dogs could use to “talk” to each other.
Lots of companies, particularly tech companies, use phony or “code names” when referring to a product while it’s being development. The main reasons: to throw competitors off the scent…or simply because they haven’t thought of a good name yet.
Here are three weird news items about a very popular sandwich shop. Two of them are quite true…and one isn’t, because we made it up. Can you guess which one is the fake one?
When you’re famous, you can do anything…like market your own signature suds.
It used to be that all you needed to go camping was a tent and a sleeping bag. How could you possibly live without the following doohickeys?
Compared to movies or theater, TV is a relatively new medium, but it’s just old enough that it’s the family business for multiple generations.
For the better part of the last decade, Seattle man Ben Fodor has patrolled the means streets of his city dressed as a costumed vigilante named “Phoenix Jones.” He’s also the leader and founder of The Rain City Superhero Movement, a group of Seattleites who, inspired by Fodor/Phoenix, defend truth, justice, and the American Way.
