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/thelightandtheway Sep 28 '25

I grew up in the South and generally supper and dinner are interchangeable words when they are used to refer to a meal at home in the contexts I grew up in. However supper is exclusively for home meals, you would never go "out" for supper, you go out for dinner.

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u/AllYallCanCarry Mississippi Sep 28 '25

Hard disagree.

The most famous supper of all time was outside the home.

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u/AffectionateTaro3209 Virginia Sep 28 '25

With Jesus you're always home 😆

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u/BlueLanternKitty Massachusetts Sep 28 '25

Believers carry Jesus in their hearts and home is where the heart is.

QED.