D.C. Dictionary: The Diner Slang Dictionary
Random Diner Slang
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- Bridge:
- four of anything (from bridge the card game) -Synonyms: Bridge party
- China:
- rice pudding
- Yellow paint:
- mustard -Synonyms: Mississippi Mud
- Flowing Mississippi:
- a black coffee -Synonyms: Draw one in the Dark
- Beef Stick:
- bone
- Whiskey:
- rye bread, as in rye whiskey
- Throw it in the mud:
- add chocolate syrup
- Radar Range:
- microwave oven, from the Amana Radarange, whose parent company, Raytheon, was the first to manufacture and market the microwave oven.
- Tube steak:
- a hot dog -Synonyms: Bow-wow, Bun pup, Groundhog
- On wheels:
- an order to go, a takeaway order. It’s to go. -Synonyms: Give it shoes, Go for a walk, Let it walk