nuttery

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kalpea_tuli

Feb 14, 2013 4:43 AM
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nuttery

Is there a word for a shop that sells only nuts?
Would it be okay to use "nuttery"?

zashibis

Feb 14, 2013 6:28 AM
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Is there a word for a shop that sells only nuts?

Only nuts? No dried fruit? No confections? Nothing else? Please post a link or a picture, or, frankly, I won't believe such a shop exists anywhere in the world.

Would it be okay to use "nuttery"?

No.

Kano_Jim

Feb 14, 2013 6:33 AM
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a shop that sells only nuts?

If such a place exists, I would call it a nut store .

piaczka

Feb 14, 2013 6:47 AM
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.. #2: or:..... a nutty store... that might be more catchy :)

nutraxfornerves

Feb 14, 2013 7:12 AM
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"Nuttery" would probably be taken as a somewhat offensive term for a mental health hospital.

I think "nut store" or "nut shop" would be better, although I have to agree that "fruit and nut store" would be most common.

If it is a freestanding market ting like this then it would be a "nut stand" or "nut stall."

Nutrax

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misterbee

Feb 14, 2013 7:59 AM
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I know a store that sells only nuts -- Picard's Peanuts -- but they have expanded to include some confectionery.

They don't use the term "nuttery", just "store". Their nuts come from nut farms.

NorthAmerican

Feb 14, 2013 8:16 AM
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Either "nut store" or "nut shop" makes sense if the place sells only nuts.

Some years ago, Morrow's Nut House had a few shops in downtown Chicago. I just discovered during a search that they are still in business elsewhere in the country (the Chicago shops closed) and that the company is a very old one. In the early days, Morrow's sold only nuts , but the company has expanded its inventory to include fruit and chocolates.

I'm surprised that the name hasn't been changed, because "nut house" is slang for insane asylum.

Shuffaluff

Feb 14, 2013 12:52 PM
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I was going to write that years ago there was a vegetarian restaurant in London called the Nuthouse (an obvious and deliberate reference to insane asylums). I googled and discovered it still exists:

http://uk.nomao.com/2336768.html

shilgia

Feb 14, 2013 6:39 PM
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Would it be okay to use "nuttery"?

Well, if you opened a store like that, I think you could call it "nuttery" on your store front, I guess.
But you couldn't write a story involving a sentence like "I had just crossed the street on my way to the nuttery, when an unleashed dog ran up to me and bit my ankle" and expect people to read that without any hiccups.

Shuffaluff

Feb 14, 2013 11:53 PM
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I agree with shilgia. If someone tells you he works in a nuttery (or a nuthouse), the assumption would be that he means an insane asylum (mental hospital). But it would certainly work as a funny name for a business, in the same way as a hairdressing salon called "Curl Up and Dye"!

sara666

Feb 15, 2013 7:56 AM
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I think The Nuthouse is a great name for a shop selling just nuts. Hairdressers are the worst for weird puns. "Headquarterz" for example - does that inspire you to let someone loose with scissors? And "Uppercut" doesn't sound too friendly either.

sashac001

Feb 15, 2013 8:45 AM
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I used to buy my sunflower seeds from Jeppi Nuts - although they also sell candy and dried fruit.

I would seriously go to a nut place called the Nuttery though, since I used to work at a psychiatric hospital, I would have to visit it at least once.

Kerouac2

Feb 15, 2013 3:55 PM
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Hmmm... that would be "une noiserie" in French, nut being "noix."

However, the expression "chercher des noises" means "looking for trouble." Interestingly enough, the origin of the unknown word 'noise' in French does indeed refer to noise and is of course the root of the word nuisance which means a "noisy annoyance."

Airlines must pay a "taxe de nuisance" in France due to the noise created by takeoffs and landings.

genghis_caterpillar