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*[[Shanghai]] - a [[darts]] term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts. | *[[Shanghai]] - a [[darts]] term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts. | ||
*Bombay mix - named after the old name for [[Mumbai]]. | *Bombay mix - named after the old name for [[Mumbai]]. | ||
| + | *[[Bikini]] bathing suit - this was being promoted just after a hydrogen bomb test in the Bikini atoll in the [[Pacific]], and that word was in the news. The promoters of the bathing suit thought that it would be a good name. | ||
[[Category:Items]] | [[Category:Items]] | ||
Revision as of 16:30, March 30, 2009
- French fries
- Panama hat - not made in Panama (according to Ripley's Believe It Or Not)
- Buffalo wings - style of deep fried chicken wings invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York
- Bermuda shorts
- Canadian bacon
- Dutch oven
- English muffin
- Frankfurter - a hot dog named after the German city but not often eaten there
- Hamburger - a sandwich, named after the German city
- Hollywood Values - anti-Christian deceit foisted upon us by the liberal elite
- Wiener - a hot dog sausage named for, Vienna, the capital of Austria (German: Wien)
- Wiener Schnitzel - a fried veal cutlet called "Viennese Schnitzel" in German
- Milanesa - a fried meat cutlet made in the "Milanese" style popular among Mexican-Americans
- Parma ham
- Champagne - champagne
- Mayonnaise - mayonnaise after Mayon in Menorca
- Danish pastries - called Viennese Pastries there
- Vaudeville theater
- Ebola - virus
- Belgian waffles waffles
- Shanghai - a darts term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts.
- Bombay mix - named after the old name for Mumbai.
- Bikini bathing suit - this was being promoted just after a hydrogen bomb test in the Bikini atoll in the Pacific, and that word was in the news. The promoters of the bathing suit thought that it would be a good name.