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I've always thought the word breakfast has a certain poetry to it that the other meals lack.
Yes, it does.
The Hebrew equivalent to "brunch" (which is a combination of the words for "morning" and "noon", of course, in the lack of other words) is kinda ugly. People sometimes say just "brunch", the English word, because it has a nicer sound.
'Dinner' also means "to dine." WTF does "lunch" mean? Did 'lunch' the verb come from 'lunch' the meal?
Oh, come on -- "brunch" is a beautiful word!
"What's brunch?"
"It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end."
We sup at supper, dine at dinner, and break our fasts at breakfast. Right?
"I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch!"
t /Homer
tommyrot, Webster says that lunch-the-noun was probably formed from "luncheon" in 1812 or so (luncheon is from 1652), and lunch-the-verb was cited in 1823.
Lunch has now lost all meaning. Lunchlunchlunchlunchlunch.
Lunch has now lost all meaning.
Say it ain't so.
According to M-W, lunch is short for luncheon, which is an alteration of nuncheon which is a light snack.
Not the way I eat lunch though, which is often the biggest meal of the day.
1580, nonechenche "light mid-day meal," from none "noon" + schench "drink," from O.E. scenc, from scencan "pour out." Altered by northern Eng. dial. lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from Sp. lonja "a slice," lit. "loin." When it first appeared, luncheon meant "thick piece, hunk;" sense of "light repast between mealtimes" is from 1652, esp. in ref. to an early afternoon meal eaten by those who have a noontime dinner.
So lunch = "Pour out the noon drink and then have a hunk of bread"?
When it first appeared, luncheon meant "thick piece, hunk;" sense of "light repast between mealtimes"
I.e., "nooner."?