[Ads-l] caked in

Dave Hause dwhause at CABLEMO.NET
Sat Mar 24 03:58:41 UTC 2018


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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