Newspapers which exploit or exaggerate the news in order to create sensations and attract readers. The phrase came about in the 1890s from the use of yellow ink in printing "Yellow Kid," a cartoon strip in the sensationalist newspaper New York World.

Nickname for a volunteer cavalry unit led by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War. They were famous for a victorious charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba. Just before sending his men into battle, Colonel Roosevelt commanded his unit: "Gentlemen, the Almighty God and the just cause are with you. Gentlemen, charge!"

Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" at San Juan Hill, lithograph by V.G. Read © 1997 State Historical Society of Wisconsin