nothing sandwich

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nothing sandwich

noun nothing sandwiches

  1. informal A bland sandwich with nothing, or very little, between the bread. Why then is this thin slice of something wedged between volumes of nothing called a something instead of a nothing sandwich?
  2. figuratively Synonym of nothingburger (something of less importance than its treatment suggests)

    Similar: nothingburger

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@misc{nothing_sandwich_2026,
  title = {nothing sandwich},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nothing%20sandwich},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}