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30 June
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What does Relish today ketchup tomorrow mean?
What does Relish today ketchup tomorrow mean?
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It’s a joke idiom (cultural phrase) that means “delay work so you can enjoy today”. This kind of joke is called a “pun” or “play on words” where you often switch words that sound similar. The original phrase was “Enjoy today and catch up tomorrow” (to catch up means to recover / move fast enough to join lost time) and because “relish” can mean both a sauce/food topping from America and a verb that means “to enjoy” and ketchup (tomato sauce) sounds the same as “catch up” they are switched. Ketchup and relish (topping) are often used together on hot dogs (American food) which is why this is funny.
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It's a play on words.
"Relish" has two meanings:
1. A condiment you put on food
2. To enjoy greatly
"Ketchup"
1. A type of condiment
2. Sounds phonetically like "catch up," in other words, make up for lost time.
So it's saying,
Enjoy today to the fullest and make up for lost time tomorrow.
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@soupdumpling Thank you so much! I saw a pic of Stephen King wearing T shirt with this sentence printed.
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It’s a joke idiom (cultural phrase) that means “delay work so you can enjoy today”. This kind of joke is called a “pun” or “play on words” where you often switch words that sound similar. The original phrase was “Enjoy today and catch up tomorrow” (to catch up means to recover / move fast enough to join lost time) and because “relish” can mean both a sauce/food topping from America and a verb that means “to enjoy” and ketchup (tomato sauce) sounds the same as “catch up” they are switched. Ketchup and relish (topping) are often used together on hot dogs (American food) which is why this is funny.
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@2021_GT
Oh, thank you for the gift!
I really like this phrase, I actually never heard it before!
Stephen King's T shirt, cool!👍
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