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foodie call en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of foodie + booty call.

Meanings

1. The act of going on a date to obtain a free meal, without any intention to become romantically involved with the person who pays the bill.
   • A study on foodie calls found that 33% of women had engaged in a foodie call, and some women engaged in them frequently or very frequently (Collisson et al., 2020). 2023, Justin K. Mogilski, The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Romantic Relationships, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
   • With sky-high rents and an endless lineup of buzzy eateries, NYC could be seen as a foodie call free-for-all. 2025 June 16, Marissa Matozzo, “From booty call to ‘foodie call’ — free dinner scammers flood dating apps as wallets tighten”, in New York Post:
   • So for your sake, God'll start shutting down every Tinder date, every booty call, even every foodie call. 2021, Yvonne Orji, Bamboozled By Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
   • A second video showed the exact same experience, with a young girl getting ready for her second foodie call of the week. 2025 June 21, James Evenden, “Woman slammed for labeling man in her phone as ‘free food’ as diner finds ‘awful’ new way to score cheap dinner”, in The U.S. Sun:

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