deflavorizing machine

English

Etymology

Coined by Woody Allen in the 1980 film Stardust Memories.

Sandy Bates: It's funny, because in my family nobody ever committed suicide, nobody... this was just not a middle-class alternative, you know? I — my mother was too busy running the boiled chicken through the deflavorizing machine to think about shooting herself or anything.

Noun

deflavorizing machine (plural deflavorizing machines)

(humorous) An imaginary device which removes the flavor from something, particularly food.
My granny always runs her vegetables through the deflavorizing machine before allowing us to eat them.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:deflavorizing machine.

单词	deflavorizing machine
释义	deflavorizing machine English Etymology Coined by Woody Allen in the 1980 film Stardust Memories. Sandy Bates: It's funny, because in my family nobody ever committed suicide, nobody... this was just not a middle-class alternative, you know? I — my mother was too busy running the boiled chicken through the deflavorizing machine to think about shooting herself or anything. Noun deflavorizing machine (plural deflavorizing machines) (humorous) An imaginary device which removes the flavor from something, particularly food. My granny always runs her vegetables through the deflavorizing machine* before allowing us to eat them.* Quotations For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:deflavorizing machine.
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