That's What They Say

Why do we call them "concession stands"?


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It's difficult to escape the lure of the concession stand. They’re at the movies, beckoning to you with rainbow-colored boxes of candy and buckets of warm, buttery popcorn. You’ll find them at circuses and fairs, pulling you in with bags of fluffy, pastel-colored cotton candy and crispy funnel cakes, sweet with cinnamon and sugar. At baseball games, you don’t even have to get out of your seat to get peanuts or a box of Cracker Jack. The concession stand comes to you. It’s not a question of if
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That's What They SayBy Anne Curzan, Rebecca Hector

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