[Ads-l] caked in

[Dave Hause]

Possibly confused with the supposed prisoner's gift of a hacksaw baked in a 
cake.
Dave Hause

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 9:45 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: caked in

Meaning "baked into the cake, "i.e., recognized and accepted as an integral
characteristic."

Heard from two speakers on MSNBC.

"Baked in(to) the cake" has been in daily TV news use for months and months.

JL
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