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- noun An
indefinite but emphaticallylarge number. - noun UK, Australia, New Zealand Tiny balls or strands of multicoloured sugar, sprinkled over
ice cream ,desserts or party foods.
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abraxaszugzwang commented on the word hundreds and thousands
Capital! Where is this used?
February 15, 2007
lorilori commented on the word hundreds and thousands
I love it! I've heard this used in Australia. It's much better than "jimmies." :)
February 15, 2007
sionnach commented on the word hundreds and thousands
We always referred to hundreds and thousands in Ireland, where I grew up. They may not correspond to jimmies exactly; in particular, hundreds and thousands are typically spherical, look slightly metallic and include at least two different sizes. I think we used to call sprinkles vermicelli.
February 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word hundreds and thousands
Oh, are you talking about those little silver balls?
February 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hundreds and thousands
The little edible silver (or gold) balls are called dragées, are they not? The candy thingies are usually called jimmies or sprinkles, at least in my area. And now that I'm looking up nonpareils, I see that the term originally applied to the little white balls on the round chocolate discs, not the chocolate itself.
Oh, I'm so confused. I think I'll have a candy bar.
December 9, 2007
frindley commented on the word hundreds and thousands
In Australia hundreds and thousands are small (1 to 2mm in diameter), spherical, and coloured (e.g. red, blue, yellow, orange, pink, green...), but not metallic.
Sprinkles is a close equivalent, but not exact, because it appears from Google Images that "sprinkles" can also refer to the cylindrical (vermicelli) variation (about 1mm diameter, 2 to 3mm long). In Australia those would be called dollars and cents. Or at least they were when I was a kid.
April 11, 2008
yarb commented on the word hundreds and thousands
Did you hear about the man they found dead, with chocolate flakes up each nostril, raspberry sauce all over his head and covered from head to toe in hundreds and thousands?
Police say he topped himself.
April 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word hundreds and thousands
*snicker*
April 11, 2008
delirium commented on the word hundreds and thousands
Ok, I'm going crazy here! Because I'm sure I read somewhere that these are called "cents et milles" in French... apart from "nonpareils," but I can't find any reference to that. :/
October 17, 2008