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porridge

por·ridge

UK/ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/ fairly common slang uk

noun

1.

soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

Origin

Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.

Phrases

  • do porridge
  • keep one's breath to cool one's porridge
  • Laba porridge
  • pease porridge
  • pine nut porridge
  • plain as porridge
  • porridge belly
  • porridge drawer

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