Meanings
nounpicky plate (plural picky plates)
plural picky plates
- Synonym of picky tea.
TikTok dwellers will recognise picky plates as an update on last year’s “girl dinner”, another social media trend denoting what is, politely, a random assortment of snacks (to which “dregs from the salad drawer” would also apply).
2024 August 21, Charlotte Lytton, “Picking at your food like that is ruining dinner for everyone”, in The Independent, London, page 19Synonyms: picky tea
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of picky tea.
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