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Food with a deadline it absolutely will not negotiate.
means Describes something, especially food, that decays or spoils quickly and so must be used, sold, or eaten within a short time.
from From Latin 'perire' — 'to pass away, to be destroyed' (per- 'through, to destruction' + ire 'to go'). That same root gave English 'perish.' The '-able' suffix, from Latin '-abilis,' tacks on the sense 'capable of' — so perishable literally means 'capable of perishing.' It entered English through French in the medieval period, originally applied broadly to anything mortal or destructible before narrowing, by grocers' logic, mostly onto milk, meat, and produce.
- origin
- from latin perire, to pass away entirely
- insurance term
- shippers insure it against time itself
- fridge logic
- cold just slows the inevitable, never stops it
- irony
- canned goods outlive the people who bought them