origin of the term cracker
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Cracker (pejorative) A pair of Georgia crackers  as depicted by James Wells Champney from The great South by Edward King, 1873. Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a derogatory term for white people, especially poor rural whites in the Southern United States.n reference to a native of Florida or Georgia, however, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with pride (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker).
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- In 1966 Sherman Poppen of Muskegon Michigan fixed two skis together and added rope for his young daughters to ride down the local dune hills and history was made. Poppen's inventive wife came up with the name snurfer by combining the words snow and surfer.
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Hoosier Hoosier /ˈhuːʒər/ is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. The origin of the term remains a matter of debate within the state, but Hoosier was in general use by the 1840s, having been popularized by Richmond resident John Finley 's 1833 poem The Hoosier's Nest.
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Talk:Useful idiot To Break Bread — the origin of the phrase. up vote 4 down vote favorite. I am looking for the origin of the phrase break bread meaning to eat (or, I expect, to share food).nd tearing rather than cutting bread is common everywhere from ancient times to today, and from peasants to haute cuisine. So just about anywhere and any time, can we find what is needed for break bread to become a turn of phrase. It does seem though that it doesn't exist earlier in this way.
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Cracker (pejorative) The term cracker was in use by the 1760s, specifically applied to the Scots-Irish settlers of the southern backcountry in colonial America.n reference to a native of Florida or Georgia, however, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with pride (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker).
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Florida cracker The term cracker was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack, meaning entertaining conversation (One may be said to crack a joke); this term and the Gaelicized spelling  craic  are still in use in Northern England, Ireland and Scotland.lorida cracker refers to colonial-era English and American pioneer settlers and their descendants in what is now the U.S. state of Florida.
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pal Origin and Etymology of pal. Romany phral, phal brother, friend, from Sanskrit bhrātṛ brother; akin to Old English brōthor brother. First Known Use: circa 1886.
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Cur The derivation of the word cur dates from the 13th century. It is thought to be short for the Middle English curdogge, which derives from the word curren, meaning to growl. According to the Dictionary of True Etymologies the original root of the word may be Germanic, possibly from the Old Norse kurra meaning to grumble. If so, the word may be onomatopoeic.
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- In Old English crack meant ‘make a sudden sharp or explosive noise’. The drug known as crack, or crack cocaine, is a hard crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces and smoked.It gets its name from the ‘cracking’ noises the crystals make as they are heated.ore. In Old English crack meant ‘make a sudden sharp or explosive noise’. The drug known as crack, or crack cocaine, is a hard crystalline form of cocaine broken into small pieces and smoked. It gets its name from the ‘cracking’ noises the crystals make as they are heated.
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Cracker (pejorative) I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by Crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode.he compound corn-cracker was used of poor white farmers (by 1808), especially of Georgians, but also extended to residents of northern Florida, from the cracked kernels of corn which formed the staple food of this class of people.
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Who Invented Cheez Its Although the expression means to get out fast because you’re going to get into trouble if you’re caught, Cheez Its were actually invented in 1921 by the Green and Green Company out of Dayton Ohio. It might be a little orange, rectangular cracker, but they’re bite-sized and they’re bursting with flavor!
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Where Does the Word Scrapple Come From? Or more specifically, a slice of Panhas.. Scrapple as a food has its origins with the Pennsylvania Dutch, who in Germany called it Panhas. Hey, Bram, cut me a slice of panhas, man! might not have been an uncommon phrase spoken in Pennsylvania back in the day. Only instead of a slice, he would have said kroeppel. kröppel
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cracker cracker - a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet. bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
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Schmear The use and spelling schmear or shmear in American English is a direct loanword from Yiddish, where its original usage referred to cheese. In modern usage it has extended to anything that can be spread, such as cream cheese spread upon a bagel.
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cooper Origin and Etymology of cooper Middle English couper, cowper, from Middle Dutch cūper (from cūpe cask) or Middle Low German kūper, from kūpe cask; Middle Dutch cūpe & Middle Low German kūpe, from Latin cupa; akin to Greek kypellon cup — more at hive
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Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) Though called a cracker, it is sweet rather than salty, the … refore in actuality it is a cookie not a cracker. The true Graham cracker is made with graham flour, a combination of fine-ground white flour and coarse-ground wheat bran and germ.
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Slacker Origin[edit] According to different sources, the term slacker dates back to about 1790 or 1898. It gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as slacking.
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- The term cracker was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack, meaning entertaining conversation (One may be said to crack a joke); this term and the Gaelicized spelling  craic  are still in use in Northern England, Ireland and Scotland.Cracker' has a murky history but generally describes poor whites. The slur is widely considered an insult among white southerners. . . . . for plenty of rural, white southerners, cracker is a demeaning, bigoted term. . . the equivalent of redneck..
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- Chiefly British: crackers. Law: non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. 2. Informal.
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Origin of the Term Layman Layman derived from the two existing words “lay” (from the Old French “lai”, meaning “secular”) and “man”, hence the “non-cleric” meaning. The term layman popped up around the 15th century and within about 100 years the term laywoman also became common.
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- Where did the saying It's going to be a corker come from? The origin of the word corker itself comes from something used as  a stopper in a wine bottle. It came to be used to mean something  great and remarkable, as in something …that will top anything that  has happened before or since.
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What is the origin of the term 'Cracker' as it refers to racist whites? Other possible origins of the term cracker are linked to early Florida cattle herders that traditionally used whips to herd wild Spanish cattle. The crack of the herders' whips could be heard for great distances and were used to round cattle in pens and to keep the cows on a given track.ther possible origins of the term cracker are linked to early Florida cattle herders that traditionally used whips to herd wild Spanish cattle. The crack of the herders' whips could be heard for great distances and were used to round cattle in pens and to keep the cows on a given track.
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- Lemmons, Wallbangers, Quacks. Real name Methaqualone. A drug synthesized back in 1951 in India by two men named Indra Kishore and Hussain Zaheer. Was commonly used at clubs back in the 60's and 70's at discos (hence the name Disco Biscuits) to make you feel better while you danced and partied. drug synthesized back in 1951 in India by two men named Indra Kishore and Hussain Zaheer. Was commonly used at clubs back in the 60's and 70's at discos (hence the name Disco Biscuits) to make you feel better while you danced and partied.
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pal Word History: The word pal comes from the Indic language of the Romani people. First recorded in English in the second half of the 1700s, pal was borrowed from a Romani word meaning brother, comrade, which occurs as phal in the Romani spoken in England and phral in the Romani spoken in continental Europe.
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Definition of crackin' Hip-hop in origin, I assume, comes to mean cool or good, more or less in an active sense. Also, happenin'. Generally modified by hella, or changed into Crack-a-lackin'. '04 keeps it crackin'., That party was hella crackin'! See more words with the same meaning: exciting, fun, full of people. See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun. Last edited on Jan 15 2003. Submitted by Daniel C. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 15 2003. what's going on/happening.
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"Origin of the Phrase ""In a Pickle""" So many turn to a Dutch phrase, “ in de pekel zitten ,” for the English idiom’s root. The word “pickle” itself comes from the Dutch “ pekel ,” which originally referred to the pickling brine or some kind of similarly spicy sauce, rather than the pickled vegetable itself.