Oh no! “Cottage industry” is a euphemism used by (mainly British) homosexuals seeking casual encounters in public conveniences! :eek:
Are you talking about cottaging, which is a kind of disgusting curdled dairy product?
I’ll grant you the British, disgusting and curdled, but **Cottage Cheese **is actually a fictional character created by Sacha Baron Cohen who was da voice of da yoof.
I think you mean Ali G which is an overreaction of the body’s immune system to certain substances.
No, that’s an allergy, as in the classic astronomical text by Ptolemy.
Would that be the Almagest? No, probably not, because that’s how a college graduate refers fondly to the institution where he studied. It’s also the term for a song used to express devotion to said institution.
Agreed that alma mater is a devotional song, it’s one that describes the grief of the Virgin Mary on seeing her Son crucified.
I believe you’re thinking of a stabat mater, which is a device one inserts coins into in order to pay for use of a public parking space.
Alas, this parking meter of which you speak is actually a type of coffee maker that was widely used before drip machines like Mr. Coffee became popular.
That’s a percolator, an 18th century Italian composer who wrote a famous alma mater 
A percolator? No, my friend, that’s a person who performs a narrative piece using marionettes or dummies into which the hand is inserted.
I’m pretty sure Pergolesi is a board game.
No, parcheesi is a city in upstate New York.
To be precise,** Poughkeepsie**, the archrival of Coca Cola, is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
I’m pretty sure that Pepsi is a disease that causes seizures.
Sorry to butt in but I believe you mean epilepsy which is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for all those human interest stories we hear about mothers lifting crashed cars off their children and other examples of extreme strength or endurance in high-stress situations.
Surely you don’r mean Epinephrine who wrote Sleepless in Seattle
No, Nora Ephron is that guy in the High School Musical movies.
Isn’t that Zac Efron, as in the famed explorer Zacefron Pike?
I thought a Zebulon was one of an invasive species of mollusks that are plaguing the Great Lakes.