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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

So, if a meal between breakfast and lunch, a late breakfast/early lunch, is "brunch", and a late lunch/early dinner is "linner", what's this second dinner I seem to be eating lately called?

Is it "sinner"?

"Hey, Anne, whatcha up to?"
"Oh, nothing much, just eating some sinner..."
*giggles*

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Eating for two.

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

Well, before there was lunch, there was dinner.

As in:

the a.m. meal was breakfast

the noon meal was dinner

the meal in-between breakfast and dinner (if the other two were skipped is known as brunch)

and the p.m. meal was supper.

Supper was usually a very late meal, hence the late afternoon English tradition of "tea."

So, a second supper would rightly be called . . .

Midnight snack.

[Razz]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Perhaps you are eating Hobbit-style: breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner and supper.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

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So, a second supper would rightly be called . . .

Midnight snack.

No. Midnight snack is a separate and distinct meal from sinner. *hangs head* Yes, I eat, like, 7 meals a day.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Problem solved, then. [Smile]

Breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper equals seven meals. I vote you adopt that terminology. [Big Grin]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

But I don't eat breakfast, seeing as I usually get up around lunchtime, brunchtime at the earliest.

Plus (looks around and whispers furtively) I don't like Tolkien much.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Right on! I enjoyed "The Hobbit". It went downhill from there, for me. The lowest point was those dreadful movies. Or maybe it was "The Silmarillion". Has anyone read the whole thing? And enjoyed it?

But I do like the idea of breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner and supper. Let's rename them, Ketchup-California Style:

Breakfast Well, you are sleeping through traditional breakfast time, but you are still breaking your overnight fast. So let's still call the first meal you eat breakfast -- OK?
Second breakfast will become your California brunch.
Elevenses just doesn't play in California. Other people are calling it "coffee break", but for the LDS crowd, how about snack?
Luncheon will be KQ's late lunch.
Afternoon tea -- it's that LDS thing again! How about this one become dinner?
Dinner can then be supper, so
Supper is then midnight snack!

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

I still like "sinner".

There's kind of a ring to "I'm eating some sinner right now."

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Plus, if you call it breakfast, I won't eat it.

I just don't like breakfast. Never have, really.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I'm concerned is all. You have heard that you are what you eat, no?

I wouldn't want ketchupqueen and the little ketchup packet to be sinners.

Instead of "breakfast", how about "petit déjeuner"? You can eat French food, too. Like, um, toast and fries and bread.

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

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late lunch/early dinner is "linner",

Ahem.It's called lupper.

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

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There's kind of a ring to "I'm eating some sinner right now."

must...be...good

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

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I'm concerned is all. You have heard that you are what you eat, no?

I wouldn't want ketchupqueen and the little ketchup packet to be sinners.

We've already established that I'm a Minion of the Anti-Christ. Hard to get more sinful than that...

And babies, I believe, are born innocent. No matter what their mommies eat. Problem solved!

quote:
must...be...good

Sure was.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

I eat whenever I want, and don't worry about titling it. It's usually at 11am, 5pm, and 9pm, that's probably not a great schedule but it works for me.

Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :

I won't use the word "brunch" because I have a virulent hatred of portmanteaus.

As far as I'm concerned, a second dinner is just that; a "second dinner". There's no reason a person can't be said to dine twice in one evening.

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

Hehehe

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

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I have a virulent hatred of portmanteaus.

What do you have against travelling bags? [Razz]