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sexobon 01-10-2016 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 950996)
Soy Nilk, Rice Nilk

Nilk is a contraction of Nut Milk. Soy is a bean and rice is a grain; but what the heck, the almonds and cashews we use are really just the seeds and not the whole Nut with the shell anyway so one could consider them all to be of the same ilk (see what I did there).

Soy Nilk and Rice Nilk are; therefore, perfectly cromulent terms.

(The brand name Silk for Soy Milk will probably prevail much as Tylenol does for generic acetaminophen.)

lumberjim 01-10-2016 10:12 PM

Right. Nilk is also a catch all marketing term encompassing all milk like beverages that are not produced by mammals.

Griff 01-11-2016 06:04 AM

Hmm... that's a little broad. I think my morning glass of spider drippings should be Spilk.

busterb 01-11-2016 06:09 AM

I just call it pretty good, for some things.

Happy Monkey 01-13-2016 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sexobon (Post 950999)
Nilk is a contraction of Nut Milk.

It could also be "Not Milk"

monster 01-13-2016 07:17 PM

Wuice (White Juice)

footfootfoot 01-13-2016 08:38 PM

It should properly be called milk because the root of that word is for the verb to express or press out
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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Cognates include Latin mulgeō, Old English meolc (English milk), and Gothic ������������ ‎(miluks).
Pronunciation

[more ▼]
  • IPA: /a.mél.ɡɔː/ → /a.ˈmel.ɣo/ → /a.ˈmel.ɣo/


Verb

ἀμέλγω ‎(amélgō)
  1. I milk
  2. I press out, squeeze out, suck
  3. I drink, sip, imbibe
Inflection

[show ▼] Present: ἀμέλγω, ἀμέλγομαι

[show ▼] Imperfect: ἤμελγον, ἠμελγόμην


References


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milk

play noun \ˈmilk\
Definition of milk



  1. 1 : a whitish liquid produced and given off by the breasts or udder of a female mammal as food for her young
  2. 2 : milk from an animal and especially a cow used as food by people
  3. 3 : a liquid that looks like milk <coconut milk>


xoxoxoBruce 01-13-2016 09:32 PM

Roots? Cows ain't got roots. Cows don't need no stinkin' roots. :p:
Neither do the goats those hillbilly hippies drink from.

lumberjim 01-13-2016 10:28 PM

I'm sticking with Nilk

Beestie 01-13-2016 11:08 PM

Not sure what you call milk made from nuts (the kind you get from trees and not the kind Wolf keeps an eye on) but I do know what you call what you get if you shake it too much: Nutter Butter.

Undertoad 01-14-2016 10:57 AM

Well that does it. Now this whole thread is foul, and we all should be ashamed of it.

xoxoxoBruce 01-20-2016 11:04 PM

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Foul?

xoxoxoBruce 10-29-2016 05:57 PM

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Um... no.

Carruthers 10-30-2016 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 972293)
Um... no.

I'm pleased to say that hasn't caught my attention during my weekly grocery trip to Tesco. :eek::eek::eek:

Think I'll stay with the semi-skimmed variety.

monster 10-30-2016 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 972319)

Think I'll stay with the semi-skimmed variety.

Is that for religious or medical reasons?


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