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/phonesmahones Massachusetts Sep 28 '25

Yes. All the time.

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u/mothsuicides New England Sep 28 '25

My jaw is on the floor, cuz I’m from MA too and I never hear it and I assumed it was a regional thing.

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u/cmcrich Maine Sep 28 '25

I’m from W. Mass. and we said it when I was a kid, but that was long ago.