Interlard

To “interlard” (in-tur-LARD) is to mingle – especially when referring to introducing something foreign or irrelevant into the mix. The original meaning of the word was to insert lard or bacon into lean meat before cooking it.

Example (as used by Anne Fadiman in Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader): “Every night we lined up books on the floor, interlarding mine with his before putting them on the shelves.”

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