sauce shelf
n.— «Thank you for mentioning Winona Ryder’s sauce shelf. I have been fawning over her since the day she turned 18 (and not one day earier)(except in Europe) and have always wondered why they didn’t get more attention. Large, perky, and on a tiny frame. What’s not to love?» —“Justin Timberlake is Waking Up” by Charlie Marlow IDontLikeYouInThatWay Feb. 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Ketchup, catsup, and catchup are all anglicized versions of a Chinese dialect term for a type of fish brine. In the 17th century, British and Dutch traders brought the sauce to Europe, and the name evolved, as did the recipe, which eventually...
A North Carolina listener is curious about his meemaw’s use of a term meaning “food” that he heard as either jasmine or jassum. A dialectal term with various spellings that include jassum, jasum, and jazm can mean “gravy,” “sauce,” or even “juice...