pan-loaf
In Scotland a pan loaf is bread baked in a tin rather than on an open shelf, giving it a softer crust all around — considered posher than a plain loaf.
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In Scotland a pan loaf is bread baked in a tin rather than on an open shelf, giving it a softer crust all around — considered posher than a plain loaf. But the real cultural action is in its second meaning: in Scottish slang, 'pan loaf' rhyming-slang for 'talk' means speaking in an affected, posh, or overly refined accent — putting on airs. Telling someone they're 'talking pan loaf' is calling out their pretentiousness with a bread metaphor, which is deeply Scottish.
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(Scotland) A loaf of bread baked in a tin or pan.
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