Food & Drink Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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appeteaser n. Other “appeteasers,” as they call them, include the addictive sweet-potato fries with applesauce, dense corn and black-eyed pea fritters with green chili cheese dip, and crunchy, fluffy hush puppies. [ Language English Subject Food & Drink] [full cite] (Sep. 28, 2005)

aquaceuticals n. Aquaceuticals is the H2O buzz word in the United States, where bottled water is “re-mineralised.” This new type of water is also known as a “functional food” because it claims to be therapeutic (calcium-enriched water, for example, is marketed as being beneficial to the elderly). [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Feb. 14, 2005)

arancini n.pl. The name literally translates as “little orange,” which is what they resemble when cooked, but there is nothing fruity about them. Arancini are widely served street food in Italy, and every nonna there has her own variation on this theme. Arancini are little risotto balls stuffed with all kinds of fillings and fried to golden perfection. [ Language Italian Subject Food & Drink] [full cite] (Jan. 1, 2006)

asparagus field n. Hundreds of citizens’ groups have sprung up in Germany to battle “Verspargelung der Landschaft”—a new phrase in the German lexicon—meaning “the transformation of the German landscape into an asparagus field.” [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (May. 5, 2004)

australus n. The competition to create a “sugar-coated” name to inspire people to eat kangaroo meat has a winner -“australus.”…Finalists included “kangarly,” “maroo,” “krou,” “maleen,” “kuja,” “roujoe,” “rooviande,” “jurru,” “ozru” and “marsu.” Also submitted were “kangasaurus,” “marsupan,” “jumpmeat” and “MOM” (meat of marsupials). [ Language English Subject Food & Drink] [full cite] (Dec. 19, 2005)

auto grat n. They didn’t leave him any tip other than the auto grat! haha! [English Food & Drink Money & Finance] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2006)

auto grat n. Ad grat, or auto grat, as it’s know in the biz, is a restaurant standard that means gratuity is automatically added to a check. Generally the gratuity is 18 percent, it’s added on the pre-taxed total for large parties (between six and eight or more) and the restaurant should note on their menu if they practice this policy. [English Food & Drink Money & Finance] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2006)

auto-grat n. When I work banquets where the bqt. manager and head chef get tipped out, I walk with about 11.75% of a 20% auto-grat. That hurts. [English Food & Drink Money & Finance] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2006)

autograt n. The only way to fairly and legally deal with autograt is to make it truly automatic and not up to a server’s discretion. If a server chooses to grat green people and not purple people, or short people and not tall people, the restaurant opens itself up to charges of discrimination and lawsuits. [English Food & Drink Money & Finance] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2006)

autograt n. An autograt is an automatic gratuity of usually 15 to 20 percent assessed to larger tables, usually of 6 people of more. an autograt affords the waiter the luxury of knowing his/her tip is a fait accompli. some diners tip on top of autograts. [English Food & Drink Money & Finance] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2006)

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