feastscrutiny
/ˈfiːstˌskruːtəni/nounVerified NewThe seasonal audit of guests' bodies and plates conducted by relatives across a dinner table.
"Have you lost weight?" is a compliment, a question, and an inspection; its opposite arrives with the second helping. The table becomes a tribunal at exactly the occasions meant to be restful. Feastscrutiny names the surveillance custom, and the buffet it eats at.
Etym. — feast + scrutiny — the most public meal as the most examined one.
Rel. — cakepolitics
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