carbage
English
Etymology 1
Possibly from garbage.
Noun
carbage (uncountable)
- Shreds and patches of cloth cut off by a tailor when cutting out clothes.
References
- OED
Etymology 2
Blend of carb + garbage, or carb + -age.
Noun
carbage (uncountable)
- (slang, derogatory) Food that is high in carbohydrates.
- 2006, James O'Keefe; Joan O'Keefe, The Forever Young Diet and Lifestyle, Andrews McMeel, →ISBN, page 87:
- The most important reason to avoid “carbage” like sugar, white flour, and highly processed foods is that they are foreign to our genetic makeup.
- 2011, Tyler Graham; Drew Ramsey, The Happiness Diet: A Nutritional Prescription for a Sharp Brain, Balanced Mood, and Lean, Energized Body, Rodale, →ISBN, page 41:
- This is the same process that browns foods, such as bread crust. The more carbage we eat, the more glycation occurs.
- 2012, Mari Mancusi, Love At 11, →ISBN, page 59:
- A plain garden salad. That was all she ordered, making me feel like a heifer for having gotten the fried chicken quesadilla. But screw it. After the embarrassment I'd suffered, I needed major carbage.
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Etymology 3
Blend of car + garbage.[1]
Noun
carbage (uncountable)
- (informal) garbage in a car
References
- carbage at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016), “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225