silent lunch
Muted cafeteria period
Silent lunch is a disciplinary measure in schools where students must eat without talking.
Teachers assign it as punishment for misbehavior, requiring the offending student to sit apart from peers or at a designated table where conversation is forbidden: He got silent lunch for disrupting class.
The isolation and enforced silence make it a dreaded consequence among children.
- quietLacking in sound
- no talkingVerbal communication forbidden
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- detentionTemporary official holding
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
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