freedom toast
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (rare, US politics, food, sometimes humorous) Synonym of French toast
- 2004 October 15, Jeffrey Miller, “From French flies to freedom fries in the Bush league”, in The Lawyers Weekly:
- Anyways I guess I got to get the french out of my system before I go through immigration. From now on it's all freedom fries, freedom toast, freedom dressing, and Freedom's Mustard.
- 2006, Andrew Rudalevige, The New Imperial Presidency[1], page 3:
- Upset by the failure of the French government to support the war, however, the chairman of the House Administration Committee announced on March 11 that he had ordered “French toast” and “French fries” stricken from the menu of the House cafeteria. In their place would be “freedom toast” and “freedom fries.”
Usage notes
[edit]This term was a politically-induced replacement instigated by the U.S. government during a brief dispute with France, during the George W. Bush administration, over the U.S. invasion of Iraq.