What does the insult fruitcake mean?
What do almonds signify?
Where did the phrase heads up come from?
Bananas are both a fruit and not a fruit. While the banana plant is colloquially called a banana tree, it’s actually an herb distantly related to ginger, since the plant has a succulent tree stem, instead of a wood one. The yellow thing you peel and eat is, in fact, a fruit because it contains the seeds of the plant.
Why does nutty mean crazy?
Crazy, idiotic, as in Mary’s nutty as a fruitcake if she thinks she can get away with that. The adjective nutty meaning “insane” was first recorded in 1821; the similarity to fruitcake, which literally contains nuts as well as fruit, was first recorded in 1935.
Fruitcake (or fruit cake or fruit bread) is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. Given their rich nature, fruitcakes are most often consumed on their own, as opposed to with condiments (such as butter or cream).
Is fruitcake a derogatory term?
If you refer to someone as a fruitcake, you mean that they are crazy or that their behavior is very strange. [informal, disapproval]
