Lingo dinner

Lingo dinner : Diner Lingo (literally "dinner jargon") is a kind of American verbal slang used in the food industry. F&B by cooks and chefs when placing orders and servicing meal about restaurants et fast foods Americans, and by service personnel communicating their orders to the cooks.
The use of these terms with special meanings, propagated by oral culture within each establishment, can vary from one American region to another or even among restaurants within the same location.

History of Diner Lingo: The origin of this restaurant jargon is unknown, but there are linguistic traces proving that it may have been used by waiters as early as the 1870s and 1880s.
Most of the terms used are quite playful and are, for some, a bit full-bodied or saucy, but they are useful as a mnemonic device in verbal exchanges between cooks and service personnel.
The Diner Lingo was especially popular during the lunches and dinners from the 1920s to the 1970s, but there are still some traces of it today, New York including.

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