he toss my salad like his name Romaine

What did Nicki Minaj with this line in the song Anaconda? I know what tossing salad means, but what does the name Romaine have to do with it??

Romaine is a type of lettuce?

He’s so adept at tossing salad that he’s named after a type of lettuce that’s common in salads.

Alice Kramden: I’ll go fix my lipstick. I won’t be gone long, Killer. I call you Killer 'cause you slay me.

It doesn’t make sense, but yeah. Romaine is a kind of lettuce. I’m pretty sure that’s as deep as that one goes.

For those that don’t know what “toss my salad” means: Chris Rock - Tossing Salads! - YouTube (NSFW)

Phrasing

Never listened to Nicki Minaj, but judging by those lyrics it seems that she would fit right in with this singing trio.

It’s a pun with artistic license.

I found it pretty amusing. :slight_smile:

There is a special place in Hell for people that take a perfectly mundane and useful phrase and make it filthy. This particular one is one of my greatest pet peeves.

I assumed it was a Missy Elliott line. I don’t listen to Minaj but bless these women for their descriptive talents.

May they be chard in eternal flames, lettuce pray.

Kind-of-related story:

I was in an abandoned hospital once, and in one of the operating rooms was a cabinet that was labeled “rectal dressing.”

I figured it was the perfect condiment if you’re tossing a salad.

I tore off the label, still have it tucked away somewhere.

“Why do you call your new boyfriend Drambuie? Ain’t that a fancy liquor?”
“Need I say more?”

Can’t you leaf well enough alone?

Lettuce not get a head of ourselves.

^ Only one lettuce pun per thread, so beet it.

“Rectum? Hell, damn near kaled 'em!”

While I appreciate euphemisms in general, I’ve never understood the food - sex connection. The idea of food with sex freaks me out.

I hope pea-ple don’t get carrot away with the salad puns, it’s already arugula zoo around here.