I was reading news online and happened to see this sentence “The channel is owned by the extremely successful Eastern TV station, a network that offers popular Asian idol fare and cult variety shows.”
And then I tried to google “fare” and “cult” seperately and found no association between the meanings of these two words. When I googled “fare and cult”, the results were the following sentences containing “fare and cult”.
-”No stranger to genre fare and cult stardom, having co-starred in the film Fanboys after playing the title role on the TV show Veronica Mars and soon to voice a major character in the animated feature Astro Boy, Bell said she thinks Heroes appeals to people who “enjoy being challenged rather than [sitting] in front of the TV semi-sedated.”
- “Ranieri has seen Cinema 21 thrive through nearly three decades, attracting Portland cinephiles with its eclectic mix of foreign films, art-house fare and cult classics. ”
- “They also showed art house fare and cult items.”
- “He has been in mainstream fare and cult classics. ”
- and so on.
Thank you for your explanation in advance! :-)

2 Responses to “Is There A Phrase Like “fare And Cult”? What Does It Mean?”

  1. K T Says:

    no that is not a phrase, how funny it occurs in sequence like that apparently so often, which is what google does, find that sequence.
    in this case it is 2 things: 1 – Asian idol fare, and 2, cult variety shows.
    fare is “something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.: literary fare.”
    cult is describing variety shows.

  2. Daniel Says:

    In each case context makes clear that “fare” is an noun and “cult” is an adjective modifying a subsequent noun. In none of these examples to they belong together in a single idiom.

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