marinara
Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
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Instead of putting a sweet-and-sour sauce on here, I just put the chicken nuggets into the cheesy shells with marinara. It’s like a one of those sandwiches you know the chicken marinara mozzarella sandwich. 🥪
First time I had it was at a friend’s house during college. I was wondering why the shit tasted different. Then I saw the bag of sugar next to the marinara sauce. Heard it helps cut the spice in the sauce but friend…
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Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
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A marinara sauce.
"marinara" means: A marinara sauce.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"marinara" means: A marinara sauce.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Instead of putting a sweet-and-sour sauce on here, I just put the chicken nuggets into the cheesy shells with marinara. It’s like a one of those sandwiches you know the chicken marinara mozzarella sandwich. 🥪”
— Bluesky· May 2026“First time I had it was at a friend’s house during college. I was wondering why the shit tasted different. Then I saw the bag of sugar next to the marinara sauce. Heard it helps cut the spice in the sauce but friend was heavy handed. Tasted like a candy apple but with a tomato.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Australia) Of pasta: In a seafood sauce. Of pizza: With seafood topping.
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