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- User  Bill Spohn 
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				 by Bill Spohn » Tue Sep 10, 2024 1:46 pm 
				
				This word is common in cooking circles but it has somehow taken the additional meaning of something that is cheap or shabby, of poor quality or in bad taste.

 			
		 		
	
					
			
				
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				 by Paul Winalski » Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:56 am 
				
				There's an interesting etymology here.  More in the Unusual Words thread in Friends and Fun when I get a chance.
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