TagFood & Drink

weeded

weeded Β adj.β€”Β Β«I’m a waiter at TGI Friday’s. β€œWeeded” is jargon for being so busy you can’t even think of what you came into the kitchen to get. As in β€œin the weeds” like you’re β€œswimming” (another useful bit of nomeclature for the same thing) in a...

weeded

weeded Β adj.β€”Β Β«I have been to this restaurant several times. Service is not always great, but they are so incredibly busy that I am pretty forgiving. However, my most recent visit was incredibly frustrating. The waiter was severly β€œweeded.” He spent...

shaft meal

shaft meal
Β adj.β€”Β Β«The meal itself becomesβ€”particularly if it’s the usual trinity of chicken, pasta and saladβ€”the shaft meal or the gruel.» —by Anthony BourdainΒ Kitchen ConfidentialΒ May 22, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

duff

duff Β n.β€”Β Β«β€œI like to earn my duff (navy slang for pudding).” Tapsell’s favourite β€œduff” is trifle and fruit salad, and not an ounce of it seems to have stuck to her.Β»Β β€”β€œRules of engagement” by Denise IrvineΒ Waikato TimesΒ (New Zealand)Β Sept. 25...

gedunk

gedunk Β n.β€”Β Β«You possess one comic feature that is changing the habits of the nation. I refer to Harold Teen and his Gedunk sundae. I have two children, a boy and a girl, now of high school age, and I have spent many a painstaking hour teaching them...