Australian Slang You Should Know
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Dr. Zoidberg
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Re: Australian Slang You Should Know
I know those words!
Except for cakeage.
Except for cakeage.
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Roofus
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That one did seem odd. Is bringing your own cake a thing in Australia?Dr. Zoidberg wrote:I know those words!
Except for cakeage.
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I don't think so. It might be something that happens a bit with birthday parties.Roofus wrote:That one did seem odd. Is bringing your own cake a thing in Australia?
Googling seems to bring up just as many US & UK examples of it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... is-cakeagePreliminary research dates this term at least as far back as 1991 when San Francisco Chronicle writer Herb Caen alerted his readers to the danger: "We all know that if you bring your own bottle of wine to a restaurant you get charged a corkage — but! If you bring your own birthday cake, you could be charged a cakeage."
Either everyone in San Francisco was like, "Uh, ok, fine..." or the restaurants decided to put the kibosh on the practice, because after a second 1992 San Francisco example the word is absent from the Lexis-Nexis database of news publications until 1996 when cakeage is suddenly something the Australians are having to budget in. New Zealanders were next, and then the Brits. The term is still rare in the U.S., but if you dine out and are in the habit of bringing your own cake you may want to call ahead and ask about cakeage.