Small Fry vs. Small Fries

I was supposed to babysit the grandkids, so I texted my daughter “What time are you bringing the small fry over tomorrow?”She reminded me both childrenwere coming. I knew that. I texted back“Small fry is plural. Small fry = children.” (Small fry also means insignificant people, and small young fish. Look it up). Apparently she’d never heard the phrase before. She thoughtIshould have called them“small fries.”

Small fries iswhat you order at McDonald’s.

She asked her husband for his opinion. He t...