meal deal

When talking with a fellow American-in-Britain and lexicographer recently (hello, Katherine!), the topic of meal deals came up. I thought: great topic for a blog post. Then I discovered this is something that this US-UK lunch-consumption difference has been discussed a lot on the web already. But that's never stopped me from (BrE) having a more linguistic go at a topic...To quote Wikipedia (but with links to my relevant blog posts): In the United Kingdom, a meal deal is a sales promotion which consists of three items: a main* (often a sandwich or salad box), a drink, and a snack (commonly crisps, fruit or confectionery). Meal deals are primarily eaten at lunchtime, and more than a third of Britons buy one at least once per week. Over 7 million are sold every weekday. *main is another Britishism for another dayphoto by rjw1 on FlickrYou can get a meal deal at a (orig. AmE) supermarket or (orig. AmE) convenience store, or (BrE) petrol/(AmE) gas station, but also at Boots the (BrE)…