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."
'Shindig'
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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."?
Ozzy Osbourne on how he regrets putting his family on display in a reality TV show: "Since filming started [on MTV's 'The Osbournes'], my wife has had cancer, my two kids became junkies, I went back to booze and smoking pot, and then I died twice in a bike accident. Life's not all about money."
Right. MTV is the cause of all of that, Oz. t rolls eyes
I.e., "nooner."?
Stop that.