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the noise that's rude here and a compliment three time zones away
means To eat or drink something with a loud, audible sucking sound — or the sound itself.
from An imitative word, born of the noise it names — your mouth makes the sound, and the word just writes it down. English borrowed it in the seventeenth century from Dutch 'slurpen' or Low German 'slorpen,' both meaning to sip or sup noisily. The whole family is echoic: it sounds like what it does, which is why no one ever needs the word defined.
- japan polite
- Loud noodle slurping signals genuine enjoyment to the chef
- aerates flavor
- Pulling in air spreads taste across more tongue
- cools too
- Slurping chills scalding broth before it hits you
- onomatopoeia
- The word literally mimics the sound it names
for instance
pho slurping in vietnam — traditional loud eating custom in hanoi and ho chi minh city, considered polite and shows appreciation