Etymograph

English

spadinner

Blend of spaghetti + dinner, from their occurrence in often-remixed quotes from Philips CD-i video game cutscenes: "I hope she made lots of spaghetti!" from Hotel Mario, and "I wonder what's for dinner?" from Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon.

A blend of spaghetti + dinner

Latin spacus ‘twine’

Italian spago ‘cord, string, twine’

Italian spaghetto ‘strand of spaghetti’

Italian spaghetti

English spaghetti

Latin ieiūnus ‘fasting, hungry’

Latin iēiūnō ‘to fast’

Vulgar Latin *disiūnō ‘to break the fast’

Old French disner ‘to dine; main meal of the day’

Middle English dyner

English dinner

The story

Blend of spaghetti + dinner, from their occurrence in often-remixed quotes from Philips CD-i video game cutscenes: "I hope she made lots of spaghetti!" from Hotel Mario, and "I wonder what's for dinner?" from Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon.

Today it means

noun A style of YouTube poop that heavily uses sound bites and editing techniques considered cliché.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / spadinner