Comment on If unused Chip Dip gets thrown out or composted then it was never actually chip dip.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If hamburger was not eaten then its not hamburger?
Comment on If unused Chip Dip gets thrown out or composted then it was never actually chip dip.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If hamburger was not eaten then its not hamburger?
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well technically hamburgers were never actually hamburgers, it’s an abbreviation for hamburg steaks.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
Well technically that is not an abbreviation. That is a portmanteau.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Between what and what?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
No, silly, between Ham and Burger.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What what? Inda butt!
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It comes from hamburger steaks. Adding -er to the end of a city name in German and English (now to a lesser extent) forms an adjective meaning from that city or a noun meaning someone or something from that city. Another example is frankfurter, which comes from frankfurter Wurst.