That's Not My Name: 12 Foods That Don't Like Their Nicknames

We're guilty of using many of these abbreviations ourselves, but these foods might prefer it if we called them by their given names.

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Veggies

Vegetables would prefer that you call them by their given name.

'Cue

Barbecue wonders if you are just too busy for the first two syllables.

Joe

Coffee wants to know where that even came from.

Cab

Cabernet outgrew that name the summer before middle school.

Guac

Guacamole's parents say it can call itself what it wants when it starts paying rent.

Sammie

There’s no M in sandwich. How did we end up there?

Mac and Cheese

Ma 'n' Che asks, "Why stop there?"

'Za

Pizza doesn't even respond to that.

EVOO

One person gets to call extra virgin olive oil that, just because they're old friends. The rest of us should show some effort and use at least two real words.

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That's Not My Name: 12 Foods That Don't Like Their Nicknames

Veggies

'Cue

Joe

Cab

Guac

Sammie

Mac and Cheese

'Za

EVOO

Chix

Beanies and Weenies

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