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
Sabbas-Late Greek
Yohanes-Indonesian
MÜCahİT-Turkish
Youkoyo:-koJapanese
OrpheusAWR-fee-əs (English)Greek Mythology
TopsyTAHP-seeEnglish (Rare)