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Santana Ramos

Mrs. Cunningham

AP English Lang & Comp

Period 3

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"hat #omes to mind upon hearing the $ord %toast% 't #ould (e something as #ommon

and in)ormal as a single sli#e o) (read* or as elegant as a glass o) #hampagne. Perhaps $hat

#omes to mind is not the noun* (ut the ad+e#ti,e-to (e toast* or e,en the slang term. !oast is a

rather delight)ul $ord that is not used nearl as o)ten as it should (e. !he )a#t that it has se,eral

de)initions #an (e rather #on)using* (ut do not )ret. Soon enough* the di))eren#e (et$een ea#h

meaning $ill (e#ome #lear* and the use o) the $ord %toast% $ill (e #on)identl displaed

throughout e,erda language.

%Let us propose a toast to the ne$l$eds% pro#laims the (est man at the $edding. "hat

#ould this (e A $edding tradition o) some sort* dedi#ating toasted (read to the ne$l$ed

#ouple "h* do not (e )ooled. !his is a more )ormal use o) the $ord* $hi#h #alls )or a group to

raise their glasses and drin0 in honor o) a #ertain person* or thing. 't is a sort o) salute* or tri(ute.

Perhaps one has re#ei,ed a promotion at $or0. pon #ele(rating this promotion* one might

propose a toast in order to re#ognie the su##ess o) said person. A toast ma (e proposed to any

e,ent one )inds $orth o) glori)ing A milestone in li)e* a goal a##omplished* or possi(l to

epress appre#iation )or a person or group o) people. !hough the proposing o) a toast o)ten

o##urs at grand #ele(rations* it is not prohi(ited )rom (eing used in the re#ognition o) smaller

a##omplishments* #ontrar to popular (elie). Also #ontrar to popular (elie)* this tradition did

not originate )rom attempts to pre,ent poisoning 4as the #lan0ing together o) the glass $ould

#ause one drin0 to spill into another* and one might poison themsel,es5.

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!hough the a#tual use o) the $ord %toast% in this )ashion $as (rought into (eing in the

16th #entur* the gesture $as used man* man ears (e)ore then. 'n an#ient times* people

gathered to drin0 together dran0 out o) the same (o$l to displa trust and unit. "hen drin0ing

shi)ted to indi,idual glasses* the #lin0ing o) the glass $as added so ea#h indi,idual $as

#onne#ted to the $ell-$ishing o) the toast* again signi)ing the unit o) the people gathered.

7o$ one is le)t to $onder8 $h the #hoi#e o) the $ord %toast% )or this pra#ti#e An#ient people

didnt al$as ha,e the )inest $ine to drin0* and $ould pla#e a pie#e o) toasted (read at the

(ottom o) their glass to temper the (ad taste. Ah* toasted (read* pro(a(l the most #ommon use

o) the $ord %toast% in todas times

A sli#e o) toasted (read $ith an sort or spread #an ma0e )or a :ui#0 and tast sna#0* or

possi(l a small meal. !his (read is mostl re)erred to as %toast%* )or short. !hough it is un#lear

$hen this trend (e#ame popular* toasted (read has (een around )or #enturies. !oasters* de,i#es

designed to toast (read sli#es easil* $ere in,ented in the earl 19;;s. !he $ord toast in this

)orm means %to (urn as the sun does< par#h%* and is deri,ed )rom =ld >ren#h and Latin $ords.

"hi#h leads to the net use o) the $ord* as an ad+e#ti,e. ?es#ri(ing something as toast

generall implies it is $arm or hot. >or eample8 %'t is getting rather toast in here.% !his does

not impl that there are a ,ast num(er o) toasts (eing proposed* nor that there is an a(undan#e o)

toasted (read present* (ut rather that the room is (e#oming $arm. !here is et another use o) the

$ord that also stems )rom the )orm o) the $ord that has to do $ith heat.

%@oure toast*% an older si(ling spits at the ounger through gritted teeth. !his is $hat the

use o) the slang term $ould loo0 li0e in an e,erda situation. !he slang term )or toast is

snonmous to other phrases su#h as %dead meat% or %goner%* and it means %to (e doomed* in

trou(le* done )or%. !his )orm o) the $ord has no distin#t origin. 't is* ho$e,er* 0no$n to ha,e

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#ome into eisten#e shortl (e)ore or during the 19;s and is relati,el ne$ #ompared to the

other de)initions o) the $ord. !his epression #an (e used to des#ri(e the utter hopelessness o) a

person or thing in an gi,en situation.

"ith its man di))erent meanings* toast is a $ord that #an (e used in a ,ariet o) $as.

!oast is a $ord that is o)ten o,erloo0ed ( the pu(li# unless under #ertain o##asions and

#ir#umstan#es. !his essa $as meant to in)orm others on the man uses o) the $ord* in hopes

that it might (e re,i,ed to its )ormer glor. A toast to the $ord toast* and its arra o) de)initions.

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