stodge

/stɔdʤ/

Thân thiện

He ate a plate of stodge after the long hike.

Definition

Noun: 1. Heavy, filling, and often starchy food: Food that is substantial and satisfying but can be considered bland, uninteresting, or difficult to digest. 2. (Informal) Something dull, heavy, or indigestible: Used figuratively to describe things like writing, music, or art that are boring, overly dense, or lacking in liveliness.

Examples

• Noun (Literal):
  • After a week of rich holiday stodge, I just want a light salad.
  • The cafeteria served its usual stodge: mashed potatoes and a thick gravy.
• Noun (Figurative):
  • The report was pure bureaucratic stodge, nearly impossible to read.
  • I find his novels to be intellectual *stodge; they're impressive but not enjoyable.

Advanced Usage

• "To be a stodge": (Informal, dated) To be a dull, old-fashioned, or boring person.
  • Don't be such a stodge! Let's try something new for once.

Variants and Related Words

• Stodgy (adjective):
  • (Of food) Heavy, solid, and filling in an unpleasant way.

    • a stodgy pudding.*
  • Dull, uninspired, and old-fashioned.

    • a stodgy old professor / stodgy furniture.

Synonyms

• Starchy food: Filling, heavy fare.
• Stodge (figurative): Drudgery, tedium, dullness.

Related Phrases

• To stodge oneself (with something): (Informal, dated) To eat a large amount of heavy food.
  • He stodged himself with bread and potatoes.

Học thuật

Noun

1. heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food