Post edited 8:01PM – Aug-16-10 by telemath

My sister is so much younger than me that our childhoods did not overlap. She just mentioned that she grew up with the term "pizza bones". I knew what she meant (and loved the term) instantly – I'm curious as to how many others can infer the meaning just from the term. Anyone?

Right on the button. My sister would throw the uneated crusts to the dog, and so started calling them "bones".

It seems to me that if a term is easy to understand without a lengthy explanation, then it is easier for that term to catch on. You want your listener's reaction to be "I get it," rather than, "What does that mean?" I was curious as to how easily understood this term is – thanks for humoring me.

Post edited 8:53AM – Aug-23-10 by telemath

Ron Draney said:

A few years ago someone referred to the process of going through a magazine before reading it, removing all the blow-in subscription cards and inserts, as "de-boning the magazine".

Thank you, I love that. I always de-bone the magazines before I read them. Finding an insert while reading is about as pleasant as pulling a fishbone out of your mouth.

I'm also reminded of a "Peanuts" strip in which Linus has just finished eating some grapes He looks at the branch that held all the grapes and says, "Nothing left but bare bones."

I remember the time I first heard the term. We were eating homemade pizza in my kitchen with our neighbors (south suburban Chicago), and the wife commented on the "bones." I instantly loved and adopted the term. We are bone eaters, too! It's one of the many things I learned from that friend who left us entirely too early.