# Is diner lingo used anywhere?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diner-lingo-used-anywhere/992529 "2023-11-03T13:26:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diner-lingo-used-anywhere/992529/37 "2023-11-03T18:39:36Z")

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I looked at the list and understood most of them. There are some that aren’t listed that I use and have had to explain to wait people – I like my fried eggs “stepped on” – over hard, break the yolk, it must not be runny at all. I should be able to pick the entire egg up and the plate doesn’t have any yolk on it. In New England I have zero issues describing it that way but in the midwest they look at me like I just beamed down from outer space when I describe it that way.

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