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This is the Conversation Forum for A Guide to Restaurant Service << Sure, at a greasy spoon restaurant! A Guide to Grocery Service >> Subject: American Diner Slang... Posted Aug 31, 2000 by No, four Goshos. Goshos for forks   Posting 1 ...(what little of it I know) seems to work the other way round - the slang is often longer than the original. For instance, Dough well done with cow to cover - hot buttered toast Customer will take a chance - hash Put out the lights and cry - liver and onions Zeppelins in a fog - bangers'n'mash Belch water - soda Adam and Eve on a raft - two poached eggs on toast Whistleberries - beans Sweep the kitchen floor - hamburger Wrecked hen's fruit - scrambled eggs Nervous pudding - jelly One cow, make it cry - hamburger with onions Put wheels on it - to go (takeaway) A bucket of cold mud - chocolate ice cream And a few more that just plain crack me up Looseners - prunes Crowd - three of anything Baled hay - Shredded Wheat City juice - water Burn the British - toasted English muffin Breath - onion Sinkers and suds - coffee and doughnuts And one that I don't get at all Drag one through Georgia - Pepsi with chocolate syrup I have a few more, and if anyone can add to them, or if anyone can explain the history and usage, maybe we could get an entry together. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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