offal

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The word offal-or variety meats-actually comes from the simple but direct description

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  1. noun Waste parts, especially of a butchered animal.
  2. noun Refuse; rubbish.

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  • Smelling like offal, the gibbering Orgians, some dozen of them, slashed at Elric and Moonglum with heavy blades like cleavers, long and dangerous. —  Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn - Kings in Darkness
  • Depending on your taste, the word offal conjures up a gory image of bloody organs and entrails, or a delicacy best fried in butter with onions. —  whoar.co.nz
  • Spokeswoman Louise Welsh said: "We've been producing innovative recipes to remind people offal is a healthy, cheap and tasty dish that is maybe more associated with an older generation but increasingly appealing to younger ones."
  • And I shall accomplish this because I must and not because I love Albert Weener or care a litmuspaper whether or not his offal is swallowed up. —  Greener Than You Think
  • His remains will be like offal, and his soul, torn by its sins, will wander without rest, through dark places And that inscription does not terrify thee But, holiness, does the sight of a Libyan spear terrify thee? —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
 

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awful · giblets · spleen · haggis · tripe · snout · heart · tongue · sweetbreads · chitterlings · liver

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English : of-, off (from Old English, from of; see apo- in Indo-European roots) + fal, fall.

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  1. Formerly also off-fall; from Middle English offal, fallen remnants, chips of wood, etc. (= Dutch afval = German abfall = Icelandic Swedish affall = Danish affald, offal); from of off, + fall, n.
 

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/ˈɑfəl/
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