Could Black Holes Have Created Our Universe?

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narrator said:
I guess "big bang" is almost the wrong expression. From nothing, suddenly came everything everywhere. Big Bang is suggestive of an explosion, which suggests a point of origin of the explosion. But hard to find wording that fits.
Indeed.

The term was actually coined by an opponent of the theory in an attempt to cast it in a preposterous light. The name stuck.
 
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Thanks Dave.. pretty cool when the penny drops, and interesting background info.