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Okay, I wish I could have watched Star Wars on my lunch break.

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So have we concluded the
"lunch" question????


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Well, let see: I can breakfast (or break my fast), I can lunch, dine, sup, or snack; but can I tea?

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You can breakfast, you can lunch, you can snack, but you can't dinner and you can't supper. Dine and sup don't quite hack it.

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Aw, have a heart. I know that those verbs are not identical to the nouns. My point is that there is a verb at least closely related to the noun for each of these meals; is there such a thing for tea, or any other meals that should be added to the list?

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Originally Posted By: Tromboniator
Well, let see: I can breakfast (or break my fast), I can lunch, dine, sup, or snack; but can I tea?


you might tee off, but thats a different word smirk

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Originally Posted By: Candy

you might tee off, but thats a different word smirk


Something in the forenoon?

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Originally Posted By: Tromboniator
Well, let see: I can breakfast (or break my fast), I can lunch, dine, sup, or snack; but can I tea?


1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows xxxvi, I breakfast, tea, and sup my lodgers.

1892 F. J. Furnivall Hoccleve's Minor Poems Introd. 47 We dined on the bank opposite Hampton Court and teaed on Tatham's island.

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good find goofy.

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I'm hungry after reading all this: must go brunch or snack.


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