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Oxford English Dictionary Recognizes 'nom nom,' 'sammich' as Words
SE'rs, a smart and well-read bunch of bananas, feel very strongly about the language used to describe food and drink. This we know well. So I wonder how this is going to go down.... Did you know that the Oxford English Dictionary recently recognized nom nom and sammich as words?Food/Drink Words Rejected by the Oxford English Dictionary
Millions of words submitted to the Oxford English Dictionary don't make the cut. They are known as "non words" and according to the Telegraph, one graphic designer named Luke Ngakane uncovered loads of them. Word nerds, listen up! You might really enjoy the food- and drink-related ones, like peppier (a waiter whose sole job is to ground pepper) and spatulate (removing cake mix from the side of the below..with a spatula!).What Does Barbecue Mean? A Word with Many Origin Stories
I'll be honest: As I walked from tent to tent at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, this year asking various cooks for their definitions of barbecue, I thought I'd come away with more controversial answers. I was happy to see barbecue recognized as the culinary glue that binds traditions from across the United States. Still, the basic response of "low and slow" seemed to preempt the semantic shouting contests that tend to go hand in hoof with barbecue culture. For every word that celebrates the diversity of barbecue,. it seems like a bible's worth of conjecture and contention has been delivered on its "true" meaningEd Levine's Serious Diet, Week 121: What Is My Serious Diet, Anyway?
It turns out that my serious "diet" is actually an amalgam of all four definitions of "diet" on merriam-webster.com. "Diet" does relate to the food I regularly consume, to the kind of habitual nourishment I receive from, to the kind and amount of food I've prescribed myself to try to bring my weight under control. But it's in the derivation of the word, which dates back to the thirteenth century, that I found the true meaning of my serious diet.Poll: What Do You Call Cola Drinks?
©iStockphoto.com/AndrewJohnson After Adam organized his Pepsi Throwdown tasting this week, the age-old question came up at Serious Eats HQ. Are you a "soda" or "pop" person? Or, are you one of those crazy cats who just calls everything Coke (then specifies what kind of "Coke")? Take the poll! »...More Evidence That Trader Joe Paid Attention in Grammar Class
Grammar nerds, rejoice! [Photograph: @TimOfLegend] We've admired Trader Joe's use of good grammar in the checkout line before, but here's evidence that it's not just limited to the TJ's in Brooklyn we posted about last April. Game developer Tim Schafer finds this edited checkout-aisle sign in, I assume, San Francisco, where he lives. [via Super Punch] See also: Less vs. Fewer...Last Week's Poll Results
This is a sandwich, NOT a sammy (or sammie, or sammich). [Photograph: Robyn Lee] Here are the results to last week's poll: Which Food Term Should We Stop Using in 2010? Sammy/Sammie/Sammich 30% Foodgasm 17% Foodie 14% Food porn 9% Rezzie 7% ** Nom (except when said by a lolcat) 7% Flexitarian 7% Mouthfeel 6% Toothsome 4% Healthful 4% So stop eating sammies and having foodgasms, foodies! Thanks for your participation. Stay tuned for this week's poll coming at ya tomorrow morning. (As always, I take poll suggestions.) ** Many of you chirped up asking what "rezzie" means. It's just an annoying shortcut for reservation—but maybe it's still too underground to be annoying....Poll: Food Terms You Should Stop Using in 2010
Certain food buzzwords just make you cringe a little deep down (as we've mentioned before). Sometimes we say the terms out of habit or convenience without realizing how irritating and shudderworthy they really are—until someone else uses it and you remember just how much you hate that word. And then you stop and think, what does that even mean. So which of these fill you with that kind of rage? Vote after the jump....Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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