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Mignon Fogarty | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 I'm revisiting the word "toast" this morning and was reminded of one of my favorite tidbits:

Toasting someone with a drink comes from the ancient practice of putting a piece of toast in bad wine to reduce the acidity.
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347df37f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bb052609 you have the usage of “toast” for pop up notifications on phones? (And now generalised to the web as well)

I hate the term personally.
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4b7ea437 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bb052609 FYI: Sometimes I post stuff on the other site to show those people they're missing good stuff over here. I screenshotted and linked this post. Let me know if that gives you pause.   🙂

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/132/154/367/592/217/original/0eafde46f3fa1afd.png
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Its Beautiful on the Mountain | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bb052609 Could it not also refer to the biblical and pre-biblical sharing of bread and wine/water amongst friends, and with strangers?
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66c09681 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bb052609 is roasting someone a play on toasting?
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9f52696b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bb052609 I... I do not believe this!  in "ancient" times, most people drank their wine in a watered state, and acidity would not have been a big problem.  and, um, what on earth would toast do??