Hospitality Jargon

noun a person who is soigne

adjective elegant or stylish in appearance or manner; well-groomed

• The soigne presentation of the dish impressed the guests at the fine dining restaurant.
• She always looks so soigne with her elegant outfits and impeccable grooming.
• That outfit is so soigne, you're definitely going to turn heads at the party.
• His writing style is soigne, every word carefully chosen and beautifully crafted.

noun a meal eaten in the evening, typically a light or informal one

• We will be hosting a formal supper party next weekend.
• Do you want to grab supper together after work?
• Let's ditch the formalities and just have supper at that new burger joint.
• The sunset painted the sky with hues of orange and pink, like a beautiful supper for the eyes.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• The project manager realized they were in the weeds when they saw the timeline slipping.
• I'm feeling a bit in the weeds with all these assignments due tomorrow.
• I'm totally in the weeds with this new software update - I have no idea what I'm doing!
• After the first few rounds, the boxer found himself in the weeds and struggled to regain control of the match.

noun a holiday or vacation spent doing the same sort of work as one does at their job

• Despite being a bus driver, he decided to take a busman’s holiday and travel by train for his vacation.
• Even though she works at a bakery, she took a busman’s holiday and spent her day off baking at home.
• The mechanic took a busman’s holiday and spent his weekend fixing up old cars for fun.
• As a chef, going to a cooking class on her day off was like a busman’s holiday for her.

noun a number that is eight more than seventy-eight

verb to refuse service to or get rid of (someone or something)

• The restaurant had to eighty-six the lobster special due to a shortage of fresh seafood.
• They had to eighty-six the party because of the rain.
• I had to eighty-six my old phone and get a new one.
• She decided to eighty-six her toxic friend from her life.

noun a period of time during the night, typically late in the evening

adjective occurring or done late at night

• The employees worked late into the night to finish the project before the deadline.
• We had a late night watching movies and eating junk food.
• Let's go out for a late night snack at the diner.
• The idea came to me in a late night brainstorming session.