What is Brunch?
1.
Contraction of breakfast and lunch, usually occurring around the hour of 11 a.m. Typically reserved for snobs and biddies who like tea and jam.
"Muffy, would you care for a bit of brunch after tennis? I can make reservations at the Forsythia Garden Tea House."
"Splendid. Do."
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It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you would get at breakfast, but you get a good meal.
Helen Lovejoy: Well, I had just finished eating and was about to leave when I looked over this way and said to myself, "Why, isn't that Marge Simpson over there, having brunch with a man who isn't her husband?"
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3.
A group of Caucasian people.
I had dinner with a brunch of friends.
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4.
a weekend ritual for twenty-something
Sunday brunch is like gay church.
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5.
A new meal added between breakfast and lunch. All in all, a very difficult concept to understand.
If I microwave some leftover pizza, but do so at eleven in the morning, would it be classified as breakfast or brunch?
6.
a weekend ritual for twenty-something
Sunday brunch is like gay church.
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an excuse for fat people to eat an extra meal.
"I'm still hungry after my enormous breakfast, but it's too early for lunch. Isn't not too late, however, for brunch!"