Wheaties test
n.— «Fleming said those pictures “surely pass the ‘Wheaties’ test,” meaning that one could look at them while eating breakfast.» —“Editors were wise to withhold photographs of aborted fetuses” by Lou Gelfand Star Tribune (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minn.) Feb. 8, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Carrie Ann and her cousin Danielle from Minneapolis, Minnesota, wonder about the pronunciation of the word rhetoric. Is the stress on the first syllable or the second? This is part of a complete episode.
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