Talk:peppier

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peppier

A waiter at a restaurant who offers to grind pepper onto customers' meals at the table. Definitely a thing (Pizza Express used to do it!) but not sure the word is real. I found two or three Web sites where it seems to be introduced as a protologism. Equinox ◑ 15:41, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

If there were a specific name for this position, I'd expect it to be poivrier (but not in the attested sense, of course). —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 15:56, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

I can find many books giving this definition of peppier - but as a mention, not as a use. For example:

There might be some uses out there, but I can't find them in the sea of false positives from the adjectival meaning. Kiwima (talk) 19:39, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Cited:

• 1999 October 8, Jessie (Loa), Pedants... don't read this. =), in alt.books.m-lackey, Usenet:

  Actually my parents found something very interesting at one place .... they did a "take time off, travel north america" trip last year, and found this place ... name escaping me ... I think it was something like Hot Tossed Buns. Well, they walk in ... and sit down ... and not only were the portions amazing, they had two things. Instead of peppiers, they had people who walked around, with the side dishes of the day, offering you more and more, if you wanted more at any time, you got it.

• 2001 February 18, Tim Hall, Spilero 15/2, in uk.media.radio.archers, Usenet:

  Shirley the pepper mills are whipped away by the peppier after use, so no danger there. But what about the candles?

• 2001 February 20, Lady Archer, Make me laugh, in alt.astrology, Usenet:

  Widdershins <sini...@concentric.net> wrote:

  […]

  > 7. PEPPIER (peph ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose

  > sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want

  > fresh ground pepper.

  Ah, Norway is still a peppier-free zone!

There are a few more citations on Usenet. - -sche (discuss) 00:57, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

I have added those three to the entry. Cited; striking. Equinox ◑ 01:13, 6 August 2016 (UTC)