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bread god

bread god

9.1
A very skilled baker who people call as a joke
  • noun
  • /brɛd ɡɑd/
  • Informal
translation icon : dios del pan
  • Since opening her bakery, everyone in town calls her the bread god.

Examples

  • If you watched him knead dough, you’d think he was a bread god.

  • After perfecting sourdough, Marcus liked to joke that he had become a true bread god.

  • He is a true bread god in the kitchen.

  • Have you met the bread god at the bakery?

  • If you watched him knead dough, you’d think he was a bread god.

  • Since opening her bakery, everyone in town calls her the bread god.

  • After perfecting sourdough, Marcus liked to joke that he had become a true bread god.

Synonyms

baker
vsbread god
76 1.0

A person who makes and sells bread, cakes, and similar foods

is an expert praised informally for superior skill in baking
bread maker
vsbread god
1 2.3

A person who bakes bread or cakes for a living

is a playful term praising high skill rather than ordinary production

How Skilled

bread god
  • Informal
9.1
baker
76 1.0
bread maker
1 2.3

Surface Forms

bread god singular
bread gods plural

Morphology

bread + god

The compound 'bread god' transparently combines 'bread' and 'god' so a learner can infer a figurative meaning like 'a deity or supreme figure of bread' → i.e. someone outstanding with bread. However, the use of 'god' as a humorous metaphor for an expert is somewhat figurative and culturally marked, so the exact nuance ('expert baker' vs. playful praise) may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure.

Etymology

The phrase bread god imagines a baker as a god of bread — someone so good at baking that people almost worship them. So, people use it as a funny way to call someone an 'expert' baker.