To campaign for a blanket ban on the word ‘brunch’

[Patienceisvirtuous]

I can’t bear it. Soooo pretentious...

Breakfast, lunch, late breakfast, early lunch - yes.
Brunch - no.

Everytime I see an Insta photo hashtagged brunch I inwardly sigh.

Am I the only one? Are you a bruncher too? If so, shame on you 😄

@ForalltheSaints - it's not an American word. It was first used in the UK in 1895 by a British journalist.

@Justanotherzombie ...I get out plenty thanks - just not for brunch!

Why would you want to ban something which is enjoyable? If you don’t like it, no one is forcing you to go. It’s a big part of our weekend and has been for 25 years so I’ve no plans to change it!

PeerieBreeks lunkfast it is from now on thanks

Sometimes I have dunch which I like too. Will that be banned?

*Saracen

But it's a really useful word! In our house it means "you had better inhale plenty of what's in front of you because there will be no more meals until tonight - you have been warned".*

This is what it means in my house 😂

I hate brunch because I feel like I’ve been cheated out of a meal

I love brunch! What the hell is Friyay? Is it like celebrating Friday? Obviously coined and only used by people who don’t work weekends

If brunch makes you feel cheated out of a meal, you're doing it wrong. There should be so much food of deliciousness that you're grateful not to eat until dinnertime!

I have never heard Friyay in RL. And yes, no such thing as celebrating Friday if you work in a job like retail.

It's a slightly silly-sounding word, but I don't see why it's pretentious.

DS coined the phrase TUNCH which is obviously a late lunch/early tea. (3 o'clock time)

Would see the point in saying late breakfast - it would be perfectly obvious that the time was late.
Bunch for us is a substantial meal - not just cereal/porridge/granola - those things would just be breakfast. Brunch is something like Huevos rancheros, a big fry up, hash browns with fried eggs and bacon, kedgeree, omelette, shakshuka and it can be at home or eaten out.

I think you may be doing brunch wrong!

Group of friends, lazing away mid morning and lunchtime over amazing food and prosecco/Bloody Mary etc.

What on earth is not to like?!

If someone asks you to go for brunch it's very clear what you will be doing. Having a meal between breakfast and lunch.

Nobody has to get up early,or eat breakfast.

Brunch is my favourite meal. I want to campaign for it to be a requirement every day not just at the weekend.

i love brunch.. not too keen on 'tea' which is actually supper! Tea is for drinking!

Brunch at around 11-12 = acceptable
Use of the word brunch beyond 1pm = unacceptable
Use of word brunch TO AN EVENT WHICH STARTS AT 5pm = entirely unreasonable and fucking awful tbh. I declined that social event for that reason alone.

Supper is the word that makes me retch......🤢🤢🤢

Brunch at 5pm? That is not right!

Brunch is the best meal of the day!!

Brunch at 5pm? That is not right!

I know. It made me furious.

@iklboo you genuinely made me lol. Thank you!

Love a lot bit of brunch in the BOOP household. Partly because it invariably follows a lie in and often includes a bloody mary.

So OP I think you need to cool your beans about brunch

5pm brunch? There are laws against that kind of thing, surely!

@calzone then you must positively implode at "sups"

What is 'sups'? Supper?

Isn't that just a very, very late dinner?

Or in this house a slice of toast before bed.