picky plate

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picky plate (plural picky plates)

1. Synonym of picky tea.
   • 2024 August 21, Charlotte Lytton, “Picking at your food like that is ruining dinner for everyone”, in The Independent, London, page 19:

     TikTok dwellers will recognise picky plates as an update on last year’s “girl dinner”, another social media trend denoting what is, politely, a random assortment of snacks (to which “dregs from the salad drawer” would also apply).