Diner lingo (sometimes called diner slang, or short-order lingo) has a rich history in American diners and restaurants, and now it's making a comeback! We've compiled the largest diner lingo dictionary here at dinerlingo.com so you can learn the jargon too, whether you work in the food industry, or if you're just looking for a little entertainment!
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Saddle it |
Well-done steak |
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Sand |
Sugar |
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Saturday nights |
Baked beans |
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Scrape two |
Two scrambled eggs |
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Sea dust |
Salt |
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Shake it |
Milkshake |
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Shake one in the hay |
Strawberry milkshake |
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Shingle with a shimmy and a shake |
Buttered toast with jam |
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Shit on a shingle |
Chipped beef with gravy on toast more... |
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Shivering Eve |
Apple jelly |
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Shivering hay |
Strawberry Jell-O |
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Shivering Liz |
Jell-O |
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Shoot it yellow |
Add lemon syrup to a cola |
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Shoot one from the south |
Make a cola extra strong |
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Short stack |
Order of pancakes |
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Side arms |
Salt and pepper |
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Side of Joan of Arc |
French fries |
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Sinkers |
Doughnuts |
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Sinkers and suds |
Doughnuts and coffee |
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Skid grease |
Butter |
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Slab of moo, let him chew it |
Rare round steak |
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Sleigh ride special |
Vanilla pudding |
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Small stretch |
Small Coca-Cola |
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Smear |
Butter |
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Sneeze |
Pepper |
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Snowball |
Scoop of vanilla ice cream more... |
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Soda |
Carbonated water, usually flavored and colored |
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Soda jerk |
Soda fountain worker |
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Soup jockey |
Waitress |
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Sour it |
Add lemon to it |
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Spike on an oval |
Order of hash browns |
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Splash from the garden |
Bowl of vegetable soup |
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Splash of red noise |
Bowl of tomato soup |
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Spot with a twist |
Cup of tea with lemon |
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Squeeze one |
Glass of orange juice |
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St. Pats |
Corned beef and cabbage |
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Stack |
Order of pancakes |
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Stack of Vermont |
Pancakes with syrup |
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Steaming Idaho |
Baked potato |
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Still mooing |
Served rare more... |
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Stretch one |
Coca-cola |
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Stretch one and paint it red |
Coca-Cola with cherry syrup |
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Submarine |
Doughnut |
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Suds |
Beer |
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Sun kiss |
Orange juice |
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Sunny brook |
Eggs fried without flipping with bacon |
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Sunny side up |
Fried eggs without breaking the yolks |
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Sunny sundae |
Ice cream sundae with pineapple |
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Suthun coffee |
Half regular beans, and half chicory |
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Swamp water |
Soda made with all flavors available |
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Sweep the kitchen |
Order of hash more... |
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Sweet Alice |
Milk |
