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raccoon

(31,105 posts) Thu Nov 19, 2015, 05:08 PM Nov 2015

Word salad. Eye candy. What's with these phrases referring to food that aren't really about food?

Are we as a society becoming food obsessed? Seems to me such phrases could make you hungry. Especially if you're
already getting hungry and just haven't realized it yet.

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Word salad. Eye candy. What's with these phrases referring to food that aren't really about food? (Original Post) raccoon Nov 2015 OP

Hmmm, you provide some good food for thought. aidbo Nov 2015 #1

Have to chew that over. sarge43 Nov 2015 #2

I'm having trouble digesting your message NobodyHere Nov 2015 #3

I'd have a bone to pick with you Thor_MN Nov 2015 #4

aidbo

(2,328 posts)

1. Hmmm, you provide some good food for thought.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 06:27 PM

Nov 2015

I'll have to let that stew for a while. Maybe chew the fat with my companions about it.

On the contrary, I think that our language has long been steeped in food related idioms.