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the daily armistice your stomach negotiates while your boss pretends not to watch the clock
means The part of the day, usually around midday, when people stop work to eat their lunch.
from A transparent compound of "lunch" plus "time." "Lunch" is the interesting half: it began as "luncheon," possibly a thickened cousin of "nuncheon" — a medieval midday snack literally meaning a "noon drink" (from "noon" plus an old word "shench," a draught or cup). Over time "luncheon" was clipped to the brisk "lunch," and once people had a lunch they naturally had a "lunchtime" — the appointed hour for it, a coinage of the 19th century.
- siesta science
- post-lunch sleepiness peaks naturally around 2pm regardless of eating
- spanish standard
- Spain often eats lunch as late as 3pm
- origin
- the word lunch shortened from luncheon in the 1800s
- market roots
- medieval workers ate the largest meal midday, not evening
- sandwich legend
- named for an earl who refused to leave his card game
school lunch period — typically 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in most us schools, affecting ~50 million students daily
lunch break at work — commonly 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in offices worldwide, protected by labor laws in most countries