Diner Capital

Random Diner Slang

S.O.S:

minced dried beef with gravy on toast, mostly because it was a reviled standard fare in army messes -Synonyms: Shit on a shingle

Halitosis:

garlic -Synonyms: Bronx vanilla, Italian Garlic

Zeppelin:

sausage

Wreath:

cabbage

Honeymoon salad:

lettuce alone

Java:

coffee -Synonyms: Joe

Radar Range:

microwave oven, from the Amana Radarange, whose parent company, Raytheon, was the first to manufacture and market the microwave oven.

Coney Island:

a hot dog, so called because hot dogs were popularly associated with the stands on Coney Island. -Synonyms: Coney Island chicken

Smear:

margarine

Shit on a shingle:

minced dried beef with gravy on toast, mostly because it was a reviled standard fare in army messes -Synonyms: S.O.S.