Meanings
plural pasghettis · alternative pusghetti · alternative pisketti · alternative psketti · alternative p'sketti · alternative s'ghetti · alternative sketti
- childishcountablenonstandarduncountableSpaghetti.
'Will you make pasghetti?' / 'Yes, I will.'
1988, Meanjin, volume 47, The University of Melbourne, page 3325 more examples
"I love pasghetti!" Terry and Nobody sat by the large kitchen window [...]
1984, Romeo Muller, Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody, Troll Communications Llc, page 14My hostess and I eat quiche, the girls spaghetti. Pasghetti. They giggle.
1999, Sharon Bryan, “Lunch with Girl Scouts”, in Real things: an anthology of popular culture in American poetry, Indiana University Press, page 258"You know pasghetti's my favorite." Sara flashed Nick a smile as she leaned toward the pumpkin, the felt pen held tightly in her hand.
1993, Moyra Tarling, Just a Memory Away, Harlequin Books, page 76When I finished she took her thumb out of her mouth and informed me that her name was Claudia and she liked 'pasghetti'.
2002, Vida Adamoli, La bella vita, Summersdale, page 31"Pasghetti for supper is good news," said Frankie, holding out his plate.
2006, Katherine Scraper, Vicki Scraper, Show Me: Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension Across the Curriculum, Good Year Books, page 174
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Origin
A childish pronunciation of spaghetti, with metathesis to avoid the consonant cluster /sp/.
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