trex

English translation: TREX = brand name for a type of cooking fat

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English term or phrase:	trex
Selected answer:	TREX = brand name for a type of cooking fat
Entered by:	hookmv

15:25 Feb 15, 2005

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English term or phrase: trex

Could someone please explain the curious word "trex"?

Neither "Tyrannosaurus Rex" (with or without Marc Bolan) nor "a wood and plastic composite lumber product" seem to fit the picture...
Some kind of children's food maybe? Or a play on words?

The excerpt is from "The Information" by Martin Amis.

"Why waste valuable time when you could be untangling a shoelace or picking up crumbs or tripping over a squeaky toy or slapping some slice of trex on to a frying pan or going down on your hands and knees to search for a weapon component under the sofa or the bunk bed or the oven?"

Thanks in advance for your help!

hookmv KudoZ activity Questions: 277 (5 open) (6 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 196 Sweden
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TREX = brand name for a type of cooking fat

Explanation:
Name. ... which is common in the US but not Britain is solid vegetable shortening, popularly
known as Crisco (the most common brand). ... Trex in the UK is similar. ...
alexis.spodding.com/cooking/baking.html

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TREX = brand name for a type of cooking fat

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brand name

Charlie Bavington

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brand name

Explanation:
of some solid fat/lard stuff used for cooking (frying)

Charlie Bavington
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TREX = brand name for a type of cooking fat

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Local time: 07:25
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PRO pts in category: 52

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Thanks to both of you! Points go to CMJ_Trans who managed to find a good link too.

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