09-09-2015, 07:11 AM
(09-04-2015, 08:35 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Yes, I've heard it a million times at work over the decades. Anytime there's a special occasion (someone retiring, returning from leave, etc.) they send out an email to have a - I swear this is true - carry-in. Can't believe no one else has heard of it. Everybody brings on something. Usually I buy donutes so nothing has to be cooked.
I've heard carry-in my whole life and it's the term I use. It's the same as potluck. A carry-in dinner. I think it's a church term more than anything.
To each his own... unless you belong to a political party...
