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As another aside, despite the gajillion chili burgs I’ve ordered over the years, I’ve never run across the term chili size.

It’s an LA name for an open-face chili burger, topped with shredded cheddar and onions.

Chili size

Do you know what a chili size is?

Chili size

Why’s it called that? A burger with chili is a chiliburger. But serve it open-faced, and it’s a ‘chili size’. ‘Size’ seems to mean ‘open-faced sandwich’ in this case. But we don’t say ‘turkey size’. (Unless it has chili on it?) So what does ‘size’ mean, and why is it called a ‘chili size’?