random pet peeve

[lirazel]

It really, really irks me when people use the word barbeque when there is no barbeque involved. Like, they say that, and what they really mean is that someone is grilling hamburgers and hot dogs or whatever? And hey! I love hamburgers and hot dogs! Go ahead with your grilling! I am a fan! BUT NOT AS BIG OF A FAN AS I AM OF BARBEQUE, SO STOP IT WITH YOUR FALSE ADVERTISING. YOU GET ME ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS GATHERING TO CONSUME BARBEQUE AND THEN THERE IS NO BARBEQUE. BARBEQUE IS SERIOUS, SERIOUS BUSINESS SO DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

If you're grilling and eating outside and such and there's no actual barbeque involved, it's a cook-out. The end.

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Now I really want some barbeque.

Comments

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

No, I wouldn't say the difference is in the way it's cooked.

We actually don't use the word "a barbeque" at all. If food is going to be made and consumed outside, we say cookout. We pretty much only use the word barbeque to refer to pulled pork (or, you know, turkey barbeque or whatever--it doesn't necessarily have to be made from pork, but that's what the majority of it is made of)--the actual food that's going to be consumed. And most of the time that involves barbeque sauce, yes, but my little sister doesn't like barbeque sauce on her barbeque, but it's still barbeque. Does that make sense?

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