5 December 2012

al desko

Adverb

– At a desk (typically used of eating).

1981, Stephanie Mansfield, “The Last Memo”, The Washington Post, 30 January 1981:
Lunches usually consist of cold sandwiches consumed al desko.

1994, “Workers Are Increasingly In To Lunch”, Philadelphia Daily News, 29 March 1994: The number of folks who have taken to dining al desko is causing some new problems in the workplace.

2004, Alex Elgar, “Dining ‘Al desko’”, The CB Friday, 12 November 2004:
A recent study published in a British daily claimed that dining ‘al desko’ was fast becoming the new norm for office workers.

(from Wiktionary)

Etymology
An adaptation of alfresco

Today’s aphorism

‘The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder’.

– Alfred Hitchcock

On this day

5 December – International Volunteer Day

5 December 1791 – death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer.

5 December 1870 – death of Alexandré Dumas, French author of celebrated works such as ‘Count of Monte Christo‘, ‘The Three Musketeers‘, ‘The Black Tulip‘.