American Diner Slang

American Diner Slang
Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

A B C E G H I J L M N O P S T W Y Z

A

 * a squeeze......orange juice
 * Adam 'n' Eve.......two poached eggs
 * Adam's ale....water
 * axle grease......butter

B

 * belch water.....soda water
 * breath.....onions
 * bridge....four of anything
 * bucket of hail....glass of ice
 * burn the British....toasted muffin

C

 * clean up the kitchen....hash
 * crowd.....two of anything

E

 * eve with a lid on.....apple pie

G

 * gravel train....sugar bowl

H

 * hemorrhage....ketchup
 * hold the hail.....no ice
 * hounds on an island......sausages on beans

I

 * in the alley....serve as a side

J

 * java, joe.....coffee

L

 * life-preserver......doughnut
 * looseners......prunes
 * lumber.....toothpick

M

 * Mike 'n Ike.....salt and pepper
 * moo juice.....milk
 * Murphy....potatoes

N

 * no cow.....without milk

O

 * on a raft.....on toast
 * on wheels.....take out

P

 * put out the lights and cry....liver and onions

S

 * sand......sugar
 * sea dust.....salt
 * shingles with a shimmy.......toast and jam
 * side arms.....salt and pepper
 * splash of red.....tomato soup

T

 * to 'dine with Duke Henry'......to go without dinner
 * the five tastes......salt, sweet, sour, bitter, umami
 * two cows, make them cry......two hamburgers with onions

W

 * warts.....butter
 * wreath.....cabbage
 * wreck 'em......scramble the eggs

Y

 * yum-yum....sugar

Z

 * zeppelins in a fog.....sausages in mashed potatoes