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[spatch]

PHRASES THE FOOD NETWORK IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE

"The Ultimate"
"Chowhound"
"Smackdown"
"Challenge"

PROGRAMS THE FOOD NETWORK WILL NOW DEVELOP JUST TO SPITE ME

The Ultimate Chowhound Smackdown Challenge

Comments

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

EVOO?

[ron_newman]

That's a restaurant at Beacon and Washington streets in Somerville. She's involved in it somehow?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

No, "evoo" is just an acronym for extra virgin olive oil, but the reason Ray is so annoying with it, is that, at least every time I've seen her do it, she doesn't just say "evoo", she says "ee-vee-oh-oh-extra-virgin-olive-oil".

Which kind of misses the point of shorthand.

[tansu.livejournal.com]

Oh crikey, the acronym itself is mildly annoying, but that is super special single-estate-bottled annoying.

[ikkarus01.livejournal.com]

See also: "Stoup" (or is it "stewp"?), and "smashed potatoes".

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

I think "smashed" is a genuine British-ism, though. I heard it used as a synonym for mashed potatoes long before I'd ever heard of Rachael Ray.

[ikkarus01.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'll give on "smashed potatoes", though I've never heard the term outside of her show. But in return, I would like to add "yummo".