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diner lingo

diner lingo noun: a lexicon of slang formerly common, and still sometimes used, among cooks and waitstaff at diners (restaurants of a certain type).

Noun

diner lingo (uncountable)

  1. (US) A lexicon of slang formerly common, and still sometimes used, among cooks and waitstaff at diners (restaurants of a certain type).
    • […] there is plenty of cowboy food slang and diner lingo, and the curious cook will be tempted to experiment with the recipes for such oddities as nun's toast, Minnehaha cake, and an ominous-sounding colonial dessert called "grunt." And there is much to admire in Mariani's "Toward a...1983, The Washingtonian, volume 19, numbers 1-3, page 241
    • His larger reproductions feature lighted interiors, working neon, and revolving signs that spell out colorful diner lingo: "Tail of the Pup," [etc]1988, American Heritage Society, editor, American Heritage Society's Americana, volume 16, page 8

Questions about diner lingo

What does diner lingo mean?
Diner lingo means a lexicon of slang formerly common, and still sometimes used, among cooks and waitstaff at diners (restaurants of a certain type).
What part of speech is diner lingo?
Diner lingo is a noun.

Words near diner lingo in the dictionary

  1. dineolignane
  2. dineolignanes
  3. dineolignans
  4. dineptunium
  5. diner
  6. diner lingo
  7. diner-out
  8. dinergate
  9. dinergates
  10. dineric
  11. dineries

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