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Random Diner Slang

Coney Island chicken:

a hot dog, so called because hot dogs were popularly associated with the stands on Coney Island. -Synonyms: Coney Island

Beef Stick:

bone

Looseners:

prunes, so called because of their supposed laxative effect.

C.J. Boston:

cream cheese and jelly

First lady:

spareribs, a pun on Eve's being made from Adam's spare rib

Bailed hay:

shredded wheat

Frog sticks:

french fries

Foreign Entanglements:

plate of spaghetti

Black and white:

chocolate soda with vanilla ice cream

Pittsburgh:

something burning, toasted or charred, so called because of the smokestacks once evident in Pittsburgh, a coal-producing and steel-mill city. In meat cookery, this refers to a piece of meat charred on the outside while still red within.