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A "Healthy Amount of Cheese" is always an Unhealthy Amount of Cheese. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 11 months ago by themeatbridge to c/showerthoughts

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I heard someone say this in a video recipe, followed by way more cheese than you should eat at once. It occurred to me that the phrase means ample, not nutritious.

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[–] marlowe221 40 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Did the person happen to have a southern accent?

As someone from the south, that’s what “healthy” means when used to describe an amount of something. It means “a lot”.

Also, if you say someone looks healthy you’re basically calling them fat, depending on tone of voice and inflection.

[–] Mr_Blott 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

South? Like Australia?

But yeah "a healthy amount" in UK English too means"a large amount of"

[–] JackFrostNCola 11 points 11 months ago

[–] marlowe221 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry, I meant south like Mississippi.

[–] Zahille7 6 points 11 months ago

Similar to "generous" or "liberal"

[–] Carighan 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah what I was going to say, too. "Healthy" in the context of an amount usually means "be quite generous".