"Brunch, " the term which ranks right up there with "ball clubs" (as though the New York Yankees or St. Louis Cardinals are social groups who play recreational catch on balmy Sunday afternoons) in being so ultra-cutesy that it makes me want to gag, was coined in 1895 by the English author Guy Beringer. He originally proposed this blending of two meals into a single light one as a solution for hangovers where people recovering from the previous night's alcoholic excesses would not have to leap right into heavy meaty dishes. Originally, it only referred to the meal if it was around the normal breakfast time; otherwise, if it was nearer to the noon repast, it was called "blunch."
I suppose that it is inevitable that someday we will have a mid-afternoon meal called "dunch" or maybe "linner."
I suppose that it is inevitable that someday we will have a mid-afternoon meal called "dunch" or maybe "linner."
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