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Where does the name toast come from anyway?
by kzrdude 2y ago
Where does the name toast come from anyway?
- azornathogron 2y agoToast "pops up" from the toaster when it's done.
- gertrunde 2y agoThat does make a certain amount of sense... much more sense than https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor) which for some weird, unexplainable reason my brain had decided was where the name came from...
- JohnFen 2y agoIn all of the years I've been dealing with "toasts", I never realized this until just now. I always thought it was some kind of weird reference to toasting with a drink or something. Update: On consideration, I think my disconnect was because the plural of the notification method is "toasts", but the plural of the recooked bread slices is "toast". The plural of benedictions given prior to a drink is "toasts". So I mentally connected up with that.
- stoperaticless 2y agoI assume based on this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor) > A toast is a ritual during which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill.
- inopinatus 2y agoIt was originally the name of a popular CD burning application for the Mac. Only much later, following the discovery of bread, did the term become popular for describing a slice browned by radiant heat.