Tenderoni
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Tenderoni is an easy-to-make stovetop macaroni product trademarked and produced by the Stokely Van Camp Food Company. Since the its withdrawal from the US market, the name has evolved into an urban slang term for a younger love interest of either gender, or someone too young to talk to or become involved with.
Food product
The term Tenderoni was originally coined and trademarked in the 1930s by the Stokley Van Camp Food Company. The new pasta entered the pasta market as "Van Camp's Tenderoni." Tenderoni is a narrow, thin-walled, hollow piece of straight macaroni. The product was named Tenderoni because it cooked quickly, was "tender" enough without being starchy, and was considered a macaroni product. Tenderoni was particularly popular in post-war America during the 1940s and 1950s because the product was made from fortified wheat flour and was enjoyed by children. It was also inexpensive to make and sell.
Tenderoni remained in production through the 1970s until it was withdrawn from the market in 1981; the current trademark rights have been owned since 2004 by 200 Kelsey Associates, LLC of New Rochelle, New York.
Slang term
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, which defines tenderoni as "a sweet young girl," dates the word to the 1980s, attributing it to black teenagers in the United States.[1] The word gained renewed attention when Bobby Brown used it in his successful 1988 hit "Roni" to describe a young beautiful girl.[citation needed]
The word is also used to describe young women, without the connotation of them being too young, as an alternate word for jailbait.[citation needed] This definition of the word is common in popular music.[citation needed] In the 1970s the word tenderoni was commonly used to identify a younger male or female that an older individual was interested in talking to or dating, or a younger person one needed to stay away from because of their age.[citation needed] It was not uncommon[citation needed] to hear someone say, "I have a tenderoni in my life," "That's my tenderoni," or "Don't talk to him/her because he/she is a tenderoni."[citation needed]
Appearances in popular culture
In popular music:
- Michael Jackson, "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (1982)
- Leon Haywood, "Tenderoni" (1984)[2]
- O'Bryan, "Tenderoni" (1986)
- Bobby Brown, "Roni" (1988)
- Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), "One For All" (1990)
- Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch, "Make me say Ooh!" (1991)
- Vanilla Ice, "Havin' A Roni" (1991)
- Tim Dog, "I Get Wrecked" (1993)
- Tevin Campbell, "Can We Talk" (1993)
- T-Pain, "I'm Sprung", "I'm Sprung 2" Ft. Trick Daddy
- Lost Boyz, "Renee" (1995)
- KP & Envyi, "Swing My Way" (1997)
- Method Man, "Break Ups 2 Make Ups" (1998)
- Destiny's Child, "Hey Ladies" (1999)
- Quasimoto, "Real Eyes" (2000)
- J-Live, "Like This Anna" (2002)
- Wayne Wonder, "Nobody But Me" (2003)
- Latoya London, "Non A What'cha Do" (2005)
- Chromeo, "Tenderoni" (2007)
- Jaheim, "What You Think Of That" (2008)
- Little Brother, "Too Late for Us"
- MC Magic, "Tenderoni" (2009)
- Akon, "Yali Nassini ft. Melissa" (2009)
- Pleasure P, "Tenderoni" (2009)
- Red Hot Flames, "Tenderoni" (2009)
- Lil Wayne, "Da Da Da" (2009)
- Kele Okereke, "Tenderoni" (2010)
- Kanye West, "The Cleveland Show Rap Battle Feat. Kanye West " (2010)
- Killa Karisma, "#ackin off to Yo FB Pics " (2012)
In television:
- Dog the Bounty Hunter, various episodes
- Glee, Silly Love Songs
See also
References
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