long lunches
Prolonged noontime meals
Long lunches are extended midday meals, typically lasting well beyond the practical time needed to eat—often two hours or more.
The phrase suggests leisurely dining with wine, conversation, and a relaxed attitude toward returning to work: The publishing industry was famous for its long lunches.
Long lunches carry connotations of expense-account indulgence, networking disguised as dining, or simply civilized enjoyment of food and company over productivity.
- leisurelyDone without urgency
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- no rushNo urgency here
- slow serviceUnacceptably long wait times
- wineFermented grape beverage
conversation · afternoon · bistro · white tablecloth · colleagues · Mediterranean · siesta · espresso · dessert · extended · indulgent · relaxed · tablecloth · courses · midday · boozy · European · friends
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet
- workplace culturework hours, teamwork, dress codes, leadership, meetings
long lunchesdesk lunch
Eating while working
working lunch · grab-and-go · fast food · meal replacement shake · snacking
long luncheshustle culture
Celebrating relentless career ambition
no breaks · nose to the grindstone · time is money · time poverty · Protestant work ethic
long, lunch, longer, longest, longing, longingly, length, lengthen, lengthy