why call it full fat coco cola ?

[romeolovedjulliet]

why not regular ? i can't stand the stuff but full fat ? sounds like drinking liquid lard [boak]
i know it's an expression and what it means, before i get jumped on but all the same, are there any other names for drinks or foods that make no sense in rl ?

It's just a jokey term, likening it to full fat milk like pp have said.

I'm pretty sure that folks who use it know that there's no fat it it.

I say fat coke as a way to let DH know I do not want any form of diet cola. It is just an expression.

I never call it anything. I don't drink it; so never buy it.

I've always called it fat coke. That's what it does to your body if you drink it too often.

Although I don't call biscuits "fat biscuits" or porridge "skinny porridge". Maybe I should.

@BarbaraofSeville

Of course they can tell the difference between fat and sugar .

It's. A. Joke.

It wasn’t a “jokey” moment. She was helping me plan my meals. She definitely wasn’t making a joke.

Always called it full fat and diet, links to all other foods that are full fat, or low fat/ diet

I don’t see what your problem is

It wasn’t a “jokey” moment. She was helping me plan my meals. She definitely wasn’t making a joke.
Doesn't need to be a jokey moment to use a joke name for something. I can use the joke phrase "full fat coffee" when I mean caffeinated without it being a jokey conversation per se.

Same as when there was a conversation then other day between colleagues discussing weight loss and someone talked about her loss in lbs. I only understand metric so I asked what was in "new money". I am of course entirely aware that weight is not counted in money.

I just use a "normal or regular coke" vs a "diet coke".

I am not sure why people are trying to convince themselves that some things contain less sugar that they actually do

It wasn’t a “jokey” moment. She was helping me plan my meals. She definitely wasn’t making a joke.

Dear lord. It's a jokey term. Using a commonly-used, jokey name for a thing does not mean that the whole thing you are saying is a joke.

If I say to ds "You need to spend less time in front of the idiotbox and more time on your homework", that doesn't mean I am joking, even though I used a silly word to refer to the tv. It also doesn't mean that I think everyone who watches tv is literally an idiot.

Some people seem to have a lot of trouble with common language usage.

@PeggyPorschen

I just use a "normal or regular coke" vs a "diet coke".

I am not sure why people are trying to convince themselves that some things contain less sugar that they actually do

I don’t think they are trying to convince themselves of that...more that even though it’s bad for you full sugar Coke is actually fat free so to call it full fat Coke is inaccurate.

I have to admit I didn’t realise it was a joke either (it’s not a very funny one!). I just thought it was something poorly informed people said, wrongly believing Coke contained fat.

In reference to a pp “full fat coffee” would mean made with whole milk to me, never in a million years would I have took that to be referring to caffeine. I’ll have to double check what people mean when they come round!

I’m at a WW leader asking if a pp took “full fat sugar” in her tea. I wonder if these people realise that there are good fats (not present in sugar though lol) and bad sweeteners!

@lazylinguist

It wasn’t a “jokey” moment. She was helping me plan my meals. She definitely wasn’t making a joke.

Dear lord. It's a jokey term. Using a commonly-used, jokey name for a thing does not mean that the whole thing you are saying is a joke.

If I say to ds "You need to spend less time in front of the idiotbox and more time on your homework", that doesn't mean I am joking, even though I used a silly word to refer to the tv. It also doesn't mean that I think everyone who watches tv is literally an idiot.

Some people seem to have a lot of trouble with common language usage.

Some people need a) to say what they actually mean b) better “jokes”/“jokey terms”

Because sugar makes you fat!

In reference to a pp “full fat coffee” would mean made with whole milk to me, never in a million years would I have took that to be referring to caffeine. I’ll have to double check what people mean when they come round!
I don't think anyone else says that! It was just an example of another way we use the same joke. Ibe never heard it otherwise so don't worry about your guests!

Some people need a) to say what they actually mean
b) better “jokes”/“jokey terms”

You sound fun

‘Regular’ refers to size, so it would just be confusing.

You’d have to go into McDonalds and ask for a regular regular coke, and that just sounds daft.

@DappledThings

Some people need a) to say what they actually mean b) better “jokes”/“jokey terms”

You sound fun

I thought the exact same about you

Regular could refer to size - small, regular, large. Full fat, though not strictly accurate, implies all things kept. So I like the spoons of sugar AND the caffeine. So many people drink zero this or zero the other. Give me the full fat please.

I thought the exact same about you 🤣

I always order full fat coke to make it abundantly clear I don't want anything filled with the aspartame I'm allergic to.
It became a necessity after so many near misses with diet coke because just ordering 'coke' would almost always get you zero.

Hhmm you got me fancying a full fat coke right now, maybe with some malibu

I think it depends on what your preference is. I always drink Diet Coke - so actually to say dh will say “get me a coke” meaning diet.

If for some reason I wanted normal coke - I’d say “get me a fat coke”.

Genuinely at the earnest explaining of nutritional information, the fretting about why people are wrong in what they're calling things, and the terrible worry that calling it full fat coke is simultaneously and dangerously minimising its sugar content while also potentially cruelly implicating innocent healthy fats!

Seriously- people know that full fat Coke has a shit-ton of sugar but not fat in it!

I have to admit I didn’t realise it was a joke either (it’s not a very funny one!).

It's not a joke in that sense. It's deliberately inaccurate/figurative use of language in a vaguely humorous/lighthearted way, which is a very very common thing. Saying it's raining cats and dogs is pretty inaccurate. It's not exactly roll-on-the-floor hilarious either. People still say it though.

Is there any need?! 🤷

It's from when low fat diets were a thing. I have to confess to doing it. It's just a bit of a joke

Seriously- people know that full fat Coke has a shit-ton of sugar but not fat in it!

you don't say

It just comes out as a very stupid expression, same way as the word "naice" MN posters love so much.