In the small town I grew up in, there was a restaurant that purported to serve Italian cuisine, and promised "wine" as a component of one of their dishes. I still have no idea what the hell they meant by that.
Also: most alarm clocks I've ever bought in my life have a pretty solemn warning against the "new component odor" that will accompany their product when fresh out of the box. That makes it seem like "new component odor" is a colloquialism, and is the sort of slang used by the roughnecks down at the corner bar.
In the small town I grew up in, there was a restaurant that purported to serve Italian cuisine, and promised "wine" as a component of one of their dishes. I still have no idea what the hell they meant by that.
ReplyDeleteAlso: most alarm clocks I've ever bought in my life have a pretty solemn warning against the "new component odor" that will accompany their product when fresh out of the box. That makes it seem like "new component odor" is a colloquialism, and is the sort of slang used by the roughnecks down at the corner bar.
More to come.
Maybe they're just quoting the critics, as in
ReplyDeleteUSA Today says "HIGH TECH"