What I got from that is that rich white people always assume that everyone from their rich, white neighborhood is really good deep down, not matter the evidence to the contrary.

She sounds like when you talk before you have to burp. Like when you’re constantly inhaling deeper breaths and gargling out words from the back of your throat. Like a bullfrog hiccoughing while trying to croak.

I will log onto Twitter specifically to read Aparna’s tweets. 

The plural of mongoose is “fun.”

There’s an old joke about a guy who wanted to buy two of the animals known as “mongoose.” He wasn’t sure of the plural, mongooses or mongeese, so he sent this letter:

When someone is ordering food and they say “I’ll do...” instead of “I’ll have...”.

If the steak is eating, it’s too rare. 

In some competition show (Top Chef maybe?) the judges constantly talked about how a dish “eats.” Like “this steak eats so tenderly.” 

As someone who can’t stand a mealy mouthfeel (ha!) I beg you to keep using it everywhere because it is important and necessary. If something is mealy, the world deserves to know before biting in and experiencing the sensation of falling face-first, open-mouthed into a sand dune.

Sammies. Ugh.

I hate “clean” in terms of the perception that other food is “unclean” or “dirty”. Unless you’re observing religious food laws, there’s no reason to apply this kind of good/bad dichotomy to food items. In fact it’s harmful and contributes to a lot of pathological eating behaviors.

I maintain that anyone who claims to have a problem with the word moist, only does because they know someone else who claims to.

“Clean”, specifically in reference to the recent Panera commercials narrated by a 12 year-old.

I’m not adverse using ‘veg’ as shorthand on the kitchen side at all, but when it’s used in a cutesy manner, I’ll stand with you. Using ‘sammy/sammich’ and similar terms on a menu is grounds for leaving the restaurant immediately.

I would totally go with “LimesUp” but I like where your heads at.

Nevertheless, she persimmon-ed

Also, I’m going to weigh in on mealy. I like the word and I feel like it is different than other entries because it is a distinctly negative word used to describe food as opposed to being positive or even neutral. No one ever described anything as mealy in a positive way. And really, just saying the word describes…

Mint with tequila? Heresy! It should be a 'Your Lime is Now' flavor.

Calling a vegetable ‘veg’.  (Related to the other example brought up, ‘veggie’).

The word vegan in front of things that do not normally include meat products, e.g. vegan salt.