D.C. Dictionary: The Diner Slang Dictionary
Random Diner Slang
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- Fifty-five:
- a glass of root beer
- Java:
- coffee -Synonyms: Joe
- Bucket of cold mud:
- a bowl of chocolate ice cream
- Bridge:
- four of anything (from bridge the card game) -Synonyms: Bridge party
- Pittsburgh:
- something burning, toasted or charred, so called because of the smokestacks once evident in Pittsburgh, a coal-producing and steel-mill city. In meat cookery, this refers to a piece of meat charred on the outside while still red within.
- Sun kiss:
- orange juice -Synonyms: Oh jay (O.J.)
- Skid Grease:
- butter -Synonyms: Axle grease, Cow paste
- B and B:
- bread and butter
- Love Apples:
- tomatoes
- Coney Island:
- a hot dog, so called because hot dogs were popularly associated with the stands on Coney Island. -Synonyms: Coney Island chicken