Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foodie call

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: food-ie -call
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of going on a date to obtain a free meal, without any intention to become romantically involved with the person who pays the bill.

Example Sentences

"So for your sake, God'll start shutting down every Tinder date, every booty call, even every foodie call."
"A study on foodie calls found that 33% of women had engaged in a foodie call, and some women engaged in them frequently or very frequently (Collisson et al., 2020)."
"With sky-high rents and an endless lineup of buzzy eateries, NYC could be seen as a foodie call free-for-all."
"A second video showed the exact same experience, with a young girl getting ready for her second foodie call of the week."

Etymology

Blend of foodie + booty call.

Inflected Forms

foodie calls (plural)

Questions

What does foodie call mean?: The act of going on a date to obtain a free meal, without any intention to become romantically involved with the person who pays the bill.
Where does foodie call come from?: Blend of foodie + booty call.

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