1. Especially in UK. A commonly used term for any meal eaten in late morning or early afternoon, as the first meal of the day, serving simultaneously as both breakfast and lunch. Meals typically eaten as brunch include a fry-up, cheese on toast, pancakes or leftovers from the previous night's dinner.
2. Especially in North America. A buffet-style meal eaten together with friends as a social occasion, any time from mid-morning to late afternoon, usually in café or restaurant, but potentially also at home. Usually consists of typical breakfast foods, such as toast, pancakes, cold meats, cheese, sausages, bacon, bread, jam and cakes. Chiefly associated with bourgeois hipsters and middle-aged socialites.
1. I woke up at 11am and had some leftover pizza for brunch, before smoking a spliff and playing some Mario Kart.
2. That new restaurant does excellent brunch on Sundays, I went there last week with Sarah and Marie.
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The most important gay meal of the day.
I was having lovely brunch with Kenny and Chester at Over Easy the other day. You really should try their sassy eggs. They're fabulous!
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Contraction of breakfast and lunch, usually occurring around the hour of 11 a.m. Typically reserved for snobs and biddies who like tea and jam.
"Muffy, would you care for a bit of brunch after tennis? I can make reservations at the Forsythia Garden Tea House."
"Splendid. Do."
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It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you would get at breakfast, but you get a good meal.
Helen Lovejoy: Well, I had just finished eating and was about to leave when I looked over this way and said to myself, "Why, isn't that Marge Simpson over there, having brunch with a man who isn't her husband?"
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a weekend ritual for twenty-something New Yorkers involving the sharing of the first meal of the day with friends after a night of debauchery. Brunch can occur any time after noon and before 5 p.m. on either Saturday or Sunday and serves as a great way to catch up with friends over moderately priced food as well as bloody marys, mimosas or several glasses of champagne. Post-brunch activities often include napping or drunk shopping.
Sunday brunch is like gay church.
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an excuse for fat people to eat an extra meal.
"I'm still hungry after my enormous breakfast, but it's too early for lunch. Isn't not too late, however, for brunch!"
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a weekend ritual for twenty-something New Yorkers involving the sharing of the first meal of the day with friends after a night of debauchery. Brunch can occur any time after noon and before 5 p.m. on either Saturday or Sunday and serves as a great way to catch up with friends over moderately priced food as well as bloody marys, mimosas or several glasses of champagne. Post-brunch activities often include napping or drunk shopping.
Sunday brunch is like gay church.
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