# he toss my salad like his name Romaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509 "2017-12-14T16:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yellow_sausage_bandit/32/394_2.png) [@yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_sausage_bandit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/1 "2017-12-14T16:27:12Z")
What did Nicki Minaj with this line in the song [Anaconda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZX4ooRsWs)? I know what tossing salad means, but what does the name Romaine have to do with it?? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/2 "2017-12-14T16:29:46Z")
Romaine is a type of lettuce? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/3 "2017-12-14T16:38:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/4 "2017-12-14T16:39:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/5 "2017-12-14T16:59:36Z")
For those that don’t know what “toss my salad” means: [Chris Rock - Tossing Salads! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dwN9TsK4lo) (NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/6 "2017-12-14T17:06:03Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s as deep as that one goes. Phrasing ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/7 "2017-12-14T17:15:42Z")
Never listened to Nicki Minaj, but judging by those lyrics it seems that she would fit right in with [this](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/seasons-greetings/2868079?snl=1) singing trio. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/8 "2017-12-14T17:19:31Z")
It’s a pun with artistic license. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/9 "2017-12-14T19:40:11Z")
I found it pretty amusing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/10 "2017-12-14T20:30:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/11 "2017-12-14T20:31:33Z")
I assumed it was a Missy Elliott line. I don’t listen to Minaj but bless these women for their descriptive talents. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/12 "2017-12-14T20:47:39Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > 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. May they be chard in eternal flames, lettuce pray. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/13 "2017-12-14T22:10:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/14 "2017-12-14T22:28:47Z")
“Why do you call your new boyfriend Drambuie? Ain’t that a fancy liquor?” “Need I say more?” ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/15 "2017-12-14T22:52:18Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > May they be chard in eternal flames, lettuce pray. Can’t you leaf well enough alone? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/16 "2017-12-15T00:32:59Z")
Lettuce not get a head of ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/17 "2017-12-15T00:44:55Z")
^ Only one lettuce pun per thread, so beet it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/18 "2017-12-15T00:49:56Z")
“Rectum? Hell, damn near kaled 'em!” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/19 "2017-12-15T01:04:14Z")
While I appreciate euphemisms in general, I’ve never understood the food - sex connection. The idea of food with sex freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/20 "2017-12-15T03:56:35Z")
I hope pea-ple don’t get carrot away with the salad puns, it’s already arugula zoo around here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509.md?page=2)