Spaghetti
noun
A type of pasta made in long, thin, round pieces.
I love eating spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Often appears as...
- spaghetti with meatballs
- spaghetti sauce
noun
A confusing or complicated situation.
The city's road map was just like a spaghetti to him.

Often appears as...
- spaghetti junction
- spaghetti code
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of pasta made in long, thin, round pieces.
I love eating spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Often appears as...
- spaghetti with meatballs
- spaghetti sauce
noun
A confusing or complicated situation.
The city's road map was just like a spaghetti to him.

Often appears as...
- spaghetti junction
- spaghetti code
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
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Cultural Dish
Spaghetti is iconic in Italian cuisine and often associated with Italian identity and culture.

When I visited Italy, I enjoyed authentic spaghetti as part of exploring the local culture.
Worldwide Cuisine
While Italian in origin, spaghetti dishes have been adapted globally with regional variations and flavors.

In my country, we add local spices to the spaghetti to give it a unique taste.
Common Pairings
Spaghetti is commonly paired with sauces, cheese, meats, or vegetables, creating diverse dishes.

My favorite dinner includes spaghetti topped with cheese and mushrooms.
Cultural Dish
Spaghetti is iconic in Italian cuisine and often associated with Italian identity and culture.

When I visited Italy, I enjoyed authentic spaghetti as part of exploring the local culture.
Worldwide Cuisine
While Italian in origin, spaghetti dishes have been adapted globally with regional variations and flavors.

In my country, we add local spices to the spaghetti to give it a unique taste.
Common Pairings
Spaghetti is commonly paired with sauces, cheese, meats, or vegetables, creating diverse dishes.

My favorite dinner includes spaghetti topped with cheese and mushrooms.
Cultural Dish
Spaghetti is iconic in Italian cuisine and often associated with Italian identity and culture.

When I visited Italy, I enjoyed authentic spaghetti as part of exploring the local culture.
Worldwide Cuisine
While Italian in origin, spaghetti dishes have been adapted globally with regional variations and flavors.

In my country, we add local spices to the spaghetti to give it a unique taste.
Common Pairings
Spaghetti is commonly paired with sauces, cheese, meats, or vegetables, creating diverse dishes.

My favorite dinner includes spaghetti topped with cheese and mushrooms.
Video examples
Dan Phillips: Creative...
It's a pretty quick read. You can snap through it in maybe -- maybe two years, if you read eight hours a day. In there, he talked about the divided self. He said human beings act differently when they know they're alone than when they know somebody else is around. So if I'm eating spaghetti, and I know I'm alone, I can eat like a backhoe.
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On spaghetti sauce -...
about spaghetti sauce and then he analyzed the data now did he look for the most popular brand variety of spaghetti sauce no howard doesn't believe that there is such a thing instead he looked at the data and he said let's see if we can group these different all these different data points into clusters let's see if they
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Sugar: Hiding in plain...
People get about half of their added sugars from those drinks and treats, so it might seem like sugar is hiding in plain sight, but like someone in the witness protection program, the other half is hidden in places you'd least suspect. Check the ingredients on ketchup, bologna, spaghetti sauce, soy milk, sports drinks,
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Burned Once, Never Again...
classes it's taken a little while for them to get into it but they see us doing it and see that it's smart thing to do your favorite spaghetti beef enchiladas chicken with pasta and pesto well dig in girls to ensure that the girls are ready for the adjustment to life in the bunker each week the
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Why should you read Kurt...
Tralfamadorians, the aliens who crop up in many of his books, see all moments at once. They “can see where each star has been and where it is going, so that the heavens are filled with rarefied, luminous spaghetti.” But although they can see all of time,
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Choice, happiness and...
Instead, he looked at the data, and he said, let's see if we can group all these different data points into clusters. Let's see if they congregate around certain ideas. And sure enough, if you sit down, and you analyze all this data on spaghetti sauce,
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Dear Aunt Bonnie, I’m...
came out wearing a plate of spaghetti on his head and it was so distracting to be watching these horrible videos and then there's a guy wearing two hats and I got so worried for him part of me thought you know I can help you with disguises if
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement.
Video examples
Sebastian Seung: I am my...
how are the brains of men and women different? According to this self-help book, guys brains are like waffles; they keep their lives compartmentalized in boxes. Girls' brains are like spaghetti;
Video examples
Rare Giant Snail Feasts...
It's sucked down like spaghetti.
Video examples
Dan Phillips: Creative...
It's a pretty quick read. You can snap through it in maybe -- maybe two years, if you read eight hours a day. In there, he talked about the divided self. He said human beings act differently when they know they're alone than when they know somebody else is around. So if I'm eating spaghetti, and I know I'm alone, I can eat like a backhoe.
Video examples
On spaghetti sauce -...
about spaghetti sauce and then he analyzed the data now did he look for the most popular brand variety of spaghetti sauce no howard doesn't believe that there is such a thing instead he looked at the data and he said let's see if we can group these different all these different data points into clusters let's see if they
Video examples
Sugar: Hiding in plain...
People get about half of their added sugars from those drinks and treats, so it might seem like sugar is hiding in plain sight, but like someone in the witness protection program, the other half is hidden in places you'd least suspect. Check the ingredients on ketchup, bologna, spaghetti sauce, soy milk, sports drinks,
Video examples
Burned Once, Never Again...
classes it's taken a little while for them to get into it but they see us doing it and see that it's smart thing to do your favorite spaghetti beef enchiladas chicken with pasta and pesto well dig in girls to ensure that the girls are ready for the adjustment to life in the bunker each week the
Video examples
Why should you read Kurt...
Tralfamadorians, the aliens who crop up in many of his books, see all moments at once. They “can see where each star has been and where it is going, so that the heavens are filled with rarefied, luminous spaghetti.” But although they can see all of time,
Video examples
Choice, happiness and...
Instead, he looked at the data, and he said, let's see if we can group all these different data points into clusters. Let's see if they congregate around certain ideas. And sure enough, if you sit down, and you analyze all this data on spaghetti sauce,
Video examples
Dear Aunt Bonnie, I’m...
came out wearing a plate of spaghetti on his head and it was so distracting to be watching these horrible videos and then there's a guy wearing two hats and I got so worried for him part of me thought you know I can help you with disguises if
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement.
Video examples
Sebastian Seung: I am my...
how are the brains of men and women different? According to this self-help book, guys brains are like waffles; they keep their lives compartmentalized in boxes. Girls' brains are like spaghetti;
Video examples
Rare Giant Snail Feasts...
It's sucked down like spaghetti.
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Quote examples
K. Flay
American Musician
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.

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Michelle Payne
Australian Athlete
My sisters and brothers come up a fair bit for dinner at home. It's basically a normal life; a normal family home. Dad cooks and we also take turns. If it's my turn, I like to do a roast lamb or spaghetti bolognaise.

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Brunello Cucinelli
Italian Designer
I say to my industrialist friends, when you have guests from out of town, I don't care how important they are, you should feed them the essence of Italian culture: spaghetti, bread and olive oil.

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George Eads
American Actor
I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't sleep anymore.

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Mitch Hedberg
American Comedian
Spaghetti... I can't eat spaghetti, there's too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1,000 of something is too many. I'll have 1,000 pieces of noodles.

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George S. Patton
American General
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

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Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.

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George Pelecanos
American Author
I make a good spaghetti sauce and can mix a nice drink.

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Joe Maddon
American Businessman
I make spaghetti and meatballs, I got that from my mom.

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Sophia Loren
Italian Actress
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

Quote examples
K. Flay
American Musician
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.

Quote examples
Michelle Payne
Australian Athlete
My sisters and brothers come up a fair bit for dinner at home. It's basically a normal life; a normal family home. Dad cooks and we also take turns. If it's my turn, I like to do a roast lamb or spaghetti bolognaise.

Quote examples
Brunello Cucinelli
Italian Designer
I say to my industrialist friends, when you have guests from out of town, I don't care how important they are, you should feed them the essence of Italian culture: spaghetti, bread and olive oil.

Quote examples
George Eads
American Actor
I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't sleep anymore.

Quote examples
Mitch Hedberg
American Comedian
Spaghetti... I can't eat spaghetti, there's too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1,000 of something is too many. I'll have 1,000 pieces of noodles.

Quote examples
George S. Patton
American General
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

Quote examples
Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns.

Quote examples
George Pelecanos
American Author
I make a good spaghetti sauce and can mix a nice drink.

Quote examples
Joe Maddon
American Businessman
I make spaghetti and meatballs, I got that from my mom.

Quote examples
Sophia Loren
Italian Actress
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

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