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

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wheat meat n. Seitan, a gluten meat substitute that’s often called “wheat meat,” is known to soak up flavors and be “the next best thing” to a hunk of steak. Or so say the vegans. [English Food & Drink Plant-life] [full cite] (Feb. 5, 2007)

whiskey plate n. Odds are you’ve seen cars carrying plates bearing the telltale W. Some still wonder what that lone letter designates while others think they know exactly what it means. While those plates are colloquially referred to as “whiskey plates,” and they are indeed primarily given to drivers with multiple DUIs, Evans insisted the letter W was assigned randomly. [English Automobiles & Transportation Food & Drink Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2007)

white prosciutto n. Sometimes euphemistically called “white prosciutto,” lardo is pork back fat that’s been salted and aged. It’s advanced salumi, and nearly impossible to find. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 13, 2007)

wife beater n. The drink, which at 5.2 per cent alcohol is stronger than many other lagers and therefore makes people drunker and sometimes more aggressive more quickly, has acquired the unflattering soubriquet of “wife beater.” “I first heard someone refer to it as that two or three years ago,” says Zak Avery, a beer trade commentator who owns a specialist off-licence in Headingley near Leeds. [English United Kingdom Food & Drink Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 19, 2007)

wingery n. With great expectations we sampled four varieties of wings at this award-winning wingery and were suitably impressed. This is the real deal: big, fresh, meaty wings and drumettes immersed in boiling oil until crisped and soaked in various sauces. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2007)

wingery n. The Wingery buffalo wings. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2007)

wingery n. The Atomic Wings Wingery was started by a UB grad with help from Duffs. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2007)

wingery n. One night, arriving or dinner at The Buffalo Wingery, Rob and Nancy ran into Randy and Sue sitting at the bar. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2007)

wingery n. I just returned home from watching a little of the Kansas game at my favorite bar and wingery. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2007)

wingery n. Our destination: the brand new WOW Cafe and Wingery next to Mayfaire Cinemas. The “WOW” we learned stands for “World of Wings.”…We discovered that WOW’s menus had little WOWs next to select items which “denote a WOW favorite”—and, of course, that “wingery” is just a really fun word to say. [English Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2007)

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