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FirstMention.com

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Welcome to  FirstMention.com

 

A site to indulge a peculiar interest...finding the very FirstMention, in print, of common words and phrases, including familiar:

 

  • Products
  • Slang Terms
  • Sayings
  • Things
  • Places
  • People
  • Neologisms

 

Who came up with Mac 'n Cheese, the Easter Bunny, or the Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?

 

What's the origin of the Pledge of Allegiance?

 

How long has Ginormous been around?

 

How did Adolph Hitler, Senator Larry Craig, Elvis, Kilroy, Martin Luther King, Oprah Winfrey, and Jesse James get started?

 

 

 

 

When did Bubble Gum, Coca-Cola, Frisbees, McDonalds, Microwave Ovens, Harley-Davidsons, and Personal Computers first enter the vernacular?

 

Who coined words and phrases like Brooklyn Bridge, Red Light District, Grand Canyon, Online Gambling, Trick or Treat, or Whole Nine Yards?  

 

Prior to Al Gore, was anyone paying attention to Global Warming?

 

 

These, and other apparently meaningless questions, are all answered here, at FirstMention.com.

 

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 FirstMention.com  is the brainchild (if you can call it that) of David Sarokin, a well-known expert on internet research. 

You can reach me at  david@firstmention.com

 

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