empty calories



empty calories

Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s]
See also: empty

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vasilis-Greek
Osee-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Agustina-Spanish
Bernal['bə:nəl]
Haskel-Yiddish
Nannie['næni]