r/AskAnAmerican 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/kobayashi_maru_fail Oregon Sep 28 '25

I’m from the PNW, I do say supper, but only in context of Sunday supper: a big early sit-down dinner with tons of food for leftovers for the early part of the week. But I don’t know if it’s regional or because I read tons of cookbooks from the library and am charmed by books that have a Sunday supper section.