bun fightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From bun +‎ fight, alluding to people fighting at mealtime.

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名詞

bun fight (plural bun fights)

1. (idiomatic) A debate or disagreement, usually with several parties involved, often political in nature.
   • 1915, John Galsworthy, chapter 25, in The Freelands:

     "Our interest in the thing is all lackadaisical, a kind of bun-fight of pet notions. There's no real steam."

   • 2004 July 26, “A Duet That Straddles the Political Divide”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 August 2014:

     [O]ne of the big new hits on the Web is a silly, two-minute satire of the current Republican-Democrat bun fight, starring President Bush and Senator John Kerry as animated cutout figures.

   • 2008 November 24, Jane Martinson, “'We've had enough thinktankery'”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 21 August 2014:

     The debate over public service funding turned into a bun fight, says the communications minister.

   • 2011 May 26, Steve Lohr, “Nigeria's prospects: A man and a morass”, in Economist, retrieved 21 August 2014:

     “Nigerian politics is one big bun-fight over oil money,” says Antony Goldman, a consultant.

2. (chiefly UK, slang) A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.
   • 1892, Campbell McKellar, “Judy on Society”, in A Jersey Witch‎, page 87:

     ... a party - afternoon bunfight, you know. A lot of young men in long frock-coats glued to the door-posts, so limp, poor things, and all the women drinking tea by themselves and longing for the young men.

   • 1997 February 20, Geoffrey Macnab, “Film Review: Africannes...”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 21 August 2014:

     [T]he cineastes […] will descend on that shabby little seaside town in the south of France for the 50th Cannes bun fight.

   • 2002 August 17, Elizabeth Becker, James Dao, “A Washington Must: Embassies With Élan”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 August 2014:

     "Most people don't bother to go to those big ‘bun fight’ receptions anymore," said the spouse of an administration official.

関連する語

• grog-fight
• tea fight

参照

• “bun fight”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• bun fight at World Wide Words