Category: 2000s

I Am Man

In May 2006, in promotion of the Texas Double Whopper, Burger King released a campaign called the “Manthem” which parodies Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman. It depicts a man and his girlfriend at a fancy restaurant. Disappointed by the meager portions he is served, the man bursts into song, expressing his desire for a Texas Double Whopper, in place of what he deems “chick food.”

“I Am Woman” is a song cowritten by Helen Reddy and singer/songwriter/guitarist Ray Burton and performed by Reddy. Released in its most well-known version in 1972, the song became an enduring anthem for the women’s liberation movement.

I’ll have the New Subway Fresh Fit Menu, hold the Love Handles

In addition to its corporate positioning as a more health-conscious restaurant, much of Subway‘s rapid growth can be attributed to its somewhat unique business model. Unlike most franchisors, the parent company does not operate any restaurants.

“Love handles” is a colloquial or slang term for a layer of fat that is deposited around a person’s midsection, especially visible on the sides over the abdominal external oblique muscle. They are called “love handles” because they provide a soft place to rest one’s hand while one’s arm is around a person, or perhaps because they can serve as places to hold on while in the throes of passion.

Badonkadonk (sometimes pronounced “badunkadunk”) is a slang term for a woman’s buttocks that are voluptuously large and firm. It first appeared in mass media in 2001 in a line by rapper Keith Murray in the song “Fatty Girl”: “You got a badonkadonk, girl, don’t hurt nobody!” Occasionally the term is used pejoratively such as the 2007 award-winning advertisement for Subway in which a woman at a competitor’s restaurant orders “thunder thighs and a badonkadonk butt”.

I like Carl’s Jr’s Flat Buns

In mid-August 2007, Carl’s Jr. introduced it’s “Patty Melt Sandwich”, in a television ad.

A bun is a sweet or plain small bread or a round roll. It can be consumed as-is, made into a sandwich, or or designed to be cut in half and filled with ingredients.

The buttocks are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, including humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds.

Trumpet: Togs or Undies?

Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar.

A swimsuit, bathing suit or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. In New Zealand English and some areas of Australian English, swimsuits are usually called togs. This term is less common in other parts of the Commonwealth where it can also refer to clothes in general.

Some clothing is specifically underwear, while some is also used as swimsuits (if made of suitable material), and both T-shirts and some shorts are suitable as underwear as well as outer clothing. Suitability as outer clothing is, apart from outdoor or indoor climate, largely a social and sometimes even a legal matter.

Keystone Light is always smooth, even when you’re not

Keystone beer is a product of the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. It was first introduced in Chico, California in September of 1989. Due to its relatively low price and popularity amongst college-aged individuals, it is often considered a cheap beer or, when purchased in case-form, a ‘dirty thirty’. Keystone Light has an alcohol content 5.0% ABV.

More prevalent applications of Bluetooth include: Wireless control of and communication between a mobile phone and a hands-free headset or car kit. This was one of the earliest applications to become popular.

Cachemir Lingerie Fountain

Lingerie is a term for women’s fashion undergarments. It derives from the French word ‘lin’ for linen. While the term in the French language applies to all undergarments for either sex, in English it is applied only to those women’s undergarments designed to be visually appealing or erotic, typically incorporating materials such as Lycra, nylon (nylon tricot), polyester, satin, lace and/or silk and not applied to functional cotton undergarments.

Manneken Pis (Brabantian for little man wee), is a Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain’s basin. Similar statues can be found in the Belgian cities of Geraardsbergen, Hasselt, Gent and in the North French village of Broxeele.

Penis erection usually results from sexual stimulation and/or sexual arousal, but can also occur by such causes as a full urinary bladder or spontaneously during the course of a day or at night, often during erotic or wet dreams (see “nocturnal penile tumescence”).