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
ClausKLOWSGerman, Danish
Arax-Armenian
Gholam-Persian
Hakan-Turkish
Mcfadden[mək'fædən]
Alimjan-Uyghur