# On what sitcom did the word "linner" originate?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-sitcom-did-the-word-linner-originate/800882 "2017-11-06T13:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-sitcom-did-the-word-linner-originate/800882/21 "2017-11-08T20:14:03Z")

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I think George on _The Jeffersons_ tried to coin the word “dinch” for this sort of thing. IIRC, it was part of a gag along the lines of, “Rich people can have ‘brunch’; everybody else has ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch.’”

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-sitcom-did-the-word-linner-originate/800882/22 "2017-11-09T17:21:59Z")

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Today’s [Blondie](http://comicskingdom.com/blondie/2017-11-09) comic strip tackles the question.

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