"That's the real McCoy!" I know, some of you younger readers will stare at the screen and say "What?" But believe it or not, that is a famous American idiom that has an interesting origin. In fact, there are several stories about how the phrase "The Real McCoy" came about. The top two origin stories…
"Now THAT's a real American!" The conversation centered, as all conversations seem to during an election year, on a particular political idea. The enthusiastic judge of what a "true American" really is was thrilled that the talking head on some 24-hour news station agreed with his idea in the first place. And, it was that…