Okay, now I'm getting a tad bit afraid. Last week we told you that, on top of everything else that is owned by or endorsed by Rachael Ray, three of her meals were being tested on the current mission of Space Shuttle Discovery. Now we hear that one of her trademark Rachael-isms is being added to the next edition of the Oxford American College Dictionary. Can enrichment of uranium without U.N. approval be far behind?
The word being added is EVOO, which is an abbreviation for 'Extra Virgin Olive Oil'. According to our friends over at sister site Slashfood, the announcement that the word would be added to the dictionary was made last week on her talk show by the editor of the Oxford American. During the announcement the editor spoke about how hard it was to get a word added into the dictionary. Hence, the reason 'Yum-oh' wasn't added.
You know what this means, don't you? Rachael may be surpassing friend Oprah in the race to rule the world. Yes, Oprah has billions of dollars and millions of fans. But, as far as I know, she doesn't have a word in the dictionary. Let the bloodletting begin!
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12-11-2006 @ 3:16PM
David4 said...
Look up the meaning of "d'oh!" and then complain about which one is trying to take over the world.
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12-11-2006 @ 3:13PM
JC said...
Rachael Ray's sexy as hell, but her use of the acronym pisses me off.
It's her own invented phrase, and as such, no one knows it well enough that she can go without clarifying that it stands for "extra virgin olive oil" after she utters the 4 letters!
Totally redundant!
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12-11-2006 @ 4:05PM
Mohaski said...
The thing is, cooks were using the term "EVOO" on PBS cooking shows long before Rachael Ray began her attempt at world domination. Unfortunately, I don't have any concrete proof of this fact, so you'll just have to trust me on this.
Perhaps one of the tactics for actually taking over the world involves claiming words and deeds as one's own, even when they're not.
In other news, I invented the iPod and am the father of Dakota Fanning.
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12-12-2006 @ 10:22AM
Gig said...
#3 is right. My Italian grandmother used to write EVOO on her shopping list 30 years ago.
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12-11-2006 @ 4:33PM
laura said...
NOOOOOO, Rachel Ray or as I call her "tight Lycra Leotard Top Girl" uses the EVOO phrase way too much, but what gets me most of all, is that she will say "Then you add a couple shakes of EVOO....extra virgin olive oil" why the freak is is shortening it than saying it anyway everytime?
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12-12-2006 @ 1:44AM
erroneous_nick said...
That's as annoying and redundant as when someone says "ATM machine", as in "automatic teller machine machine". GAAAH!
And don't even get me started on hot water heater...
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12-12-2006 @ 1:46AM
erroneous_nick said...
For the record, I prefer Bertolli Classico olive oil to the extra virgin. I find it has a less "green" taste and is very buttery and mild in flavor. My wife used to think she hated olive oil until I moved from extra virgin to the "classico", which when added to bread with a touch of salt and garlic then toasted is almost undiscernable from garlic butter.
Damn...now I'm hungry.
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12-20-2006 @ 9:42PM
evo said...
The term EVOO has been used in Australia since the mid 1990's...
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12-31-2006 @ 6:10PM
Will said...
What's going to be next for Rachel Ray? Is she going to start referring to another employer as TVFN (TV Food Network)? We should just tell her to STHU (Shut the heck up!).
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1-01-2007 @ 3:41AM
Donna said...
RACHAEL RAY ROCKS!! GO GIRL !
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1-01-2007 @ 10:39PM
Laura said...
NO ONE IS CAPTIVATING ENOUGH TO BE ON TELEVISION AS MUCH AS THIS CHICK!! SHE NEVER EVEN WASHES HER VEGETABLES AND HER RECIPES ARE A BUNCH OF CRAP!!
THIS IS REDICULOUS AND I SHOULDNT WASTE MY VALUABLE TIME WRITING THIS, BUT I ABSOLUTELY ABHOR HER!
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1-02-2007 @ 4:28AM
Emily said...
wow, thaks guys! I never even heard of this chick or EVOO, but hearing you talk (...or seeing you comment i guess) so passionately just gave me a great laugh! :) but by the way, i totally agree that EVOO has probably been a term long before this gal started using it, and she sounds horrendously annoying! i hope somebody can get her off the air!!
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1-02-2007 @ 7:06AM
Diana Henshaw said...
I remember all the negative remarks made when Oprah graced our TV screens. Rachael Ray is attractive, talented, witty, and has a dynamic personality. Who are we to try to "get her off the air". Give the woman a chance... & the few of you dissing her can just turn the channel...maybe to watch Kelley Rippa sip her drink & watch herself in the monitor.
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1-02-2007 @ 7:02AM
Diana Henshaw said...
I remember all the negative comments when Oprah graced our TV screens...Rachael Ray is attractive, talented, witty & has a dynamic personality. Give the woman a chance...she may not have been the first to use EVOO...but she is the one to get is documented. Those of you dissing her do have a choice...change the channel...maybe to watch Kelley Rippa sip her drink & watch herself in the monitor.
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1-03-2007 @ 7:02PM
Afi K. James said...
NO ONE IS CAPTIVATING ENOUGH TO BE ON TELEVISION AS MUCH AS THIS CHICK!! SHE NEVER EVEN WASHES HER VEGETABLES AND HER RECIPES ARE A BUNCH OF CRAP!!
THIS IS REDICULOUS AND I SHOULDNT WASTE MY VALUABLE TIME WRITING THIS, BUT I ABSOLUTELY ABHOR HER!
Your so right, Rachael is so bad, she makes emeril lagasse look like Juila Child and emeril has far more talent.
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1-14-2007 @ 11:32PM
Victor V. said...
For #11 - If you actually watched 30 minute meals instead of mouthing off about what you obviously know nothing about you would hear her say countless times that she washes all her vegetables before she puts them in the fridge. Any smart person would do the same, which is why im sure you dont.
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1-17-2007 @ 4:01AM
Christine said...
Blah Blah Blah to all those who are bothered by Rachael Ray! Find something else to do with your lives besides picking on Rachael day and night.
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