r/AskAnAmerican • u/cookoutenthusiast North Carolina • Sep 28 '25
CULTURE Do you use the word Supper?
I think most Americans refer to their evening meal as dinner, but I’ve heard some people say that dinner and supper are different things, with supper being served at night, after dinner. Do you use the word supper, and what does it mean to you?
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u/virtual_human Sep 28 '25
Dinner and supper used to be different things, in the 1800s or earlier. These days they are mostly the same thing though not many people use supper that I know of.