There was a time when purchasing an “app” was only something done at a restaurant.
Hors d’oeuvre, meaning “apart from the main work,” is the first course of a meal. Its spelling and pronunciation are disparate and, for some, confusing. In common parlance, the term “appetizer” is usually substituted for these little bits of food.
I first began seeing “appetizer” used in stead of Hors d’oeuvre sometime in the early 90’s. On those Friday nights as a Sophomore in high school when twenty of us would go out to Bennigan’s and all try to sit at one booth, that’s when I first saw “appetizer” on a menu. I’d usually buy half of a quesadilla and pay for it in dimes.
In the next decade, “let’s all meet out for apps” was something I’d hear with frequency. Before a movie or a show, we’d all meet at a restaurant for appetizers, usually not all crammed in one booth, though.
The advent of the smart phone introduced nifty little computer programs, or applications, that did specific tasks like finding the nearest Bojangles’ or charting a jog through the woods. “Applications” became shortened to “apps.”
It took me a while to realize that the “App Store,” was not, in fact, a restaurant or food replicator (those don’t get invented for a few hundred years). Over the past year, I’ve allayed my reticence over the new “app” concept and have decided to just enjoy them for what they are.
Apps are functional and no longer eaten.
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