A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from November 22, 2020
Water Crouton (ice cube)

Ice cubes have sometimes been jocularly called “water croutons.”
       
“If you think about it, ice cubes are pretty much just water croutons for your drink. #amirite?” was posted on Twitter by Levi Colt Wainwright on June 23, 2015. “ice cubes are just water croutons” was posted on Twitter by “Alex Comet Herlock Sholmes Stole My Identity” on June 29, 2015. “Ice cubes are just water croutons” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on October 11, 2015.
   
“Water Croutons” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on March 3, 2019.
   
“Today’s Soup: Whiskey with ice croutons” is a related joke.   
     
     
Twitter 
Levi Colt Wainwright
@Levi_Colt
If you think about it, ice cubes are pretty much just water croutons for your drink. #amirite?
12:40 PM · Jun 23, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Katie Toon
@katie2n
Jake: Ice? You mean the water croutons?
3:44 PM · Jun 24, 2015·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
blackburn
@havefaith_13
ice is just water croutons
5:57 PM · Jun 28, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Jared Senne
@JaredESenne
Ice cubes are like water croutons
2:55 PM · Jun 29, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Alex Comet Herlock Sholmes Stole My Identity
@MaybeAlexL
ice cubes are just water croutons
3:21 PM · Jun 29, 2015·Tweetbot for Mac
   
Twitter
SP
@JacobSaintPeter
“ice is basically water croutons”
7:39 AM · Jul 6, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
✿miss cocky bitch✿
@poppytattoos
Ice is water croutons
1:32 AM · Jul 8, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Jess
@jestice_league
Better name for ice= water croutons
7:26 PM · Jul 10, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/PM_MALE_BULGES August 17, 2015
Ice is just water croutons.
Yup.
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/blua95 October 11, 2015
Ice cubes are just water croutons
 
Reddit—Betternamesforthings 
Posted by u/lovaan1243 July 28, 2017
Water Croutons
Ice cubes
         
Twitter
A. Poby
@lmaoo_amanda
Ice cubes are water croutons.
Yes 46.4%
No 14.3%
TF are you talking about 39.3%
28 votes · Final results
11:30 AM · Oct 25, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Adam of Earth
@AdamOfEarth
Ice cubes are water croutons
4:16 PM · Dec 16, 2017·Twitter Web App
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/tjoewa January 4, 2019
Ice cubes are actually water croutons
 
Urban Dictionary
Water Croutons
Like bread which is hard then given a fancy name: croutons.
Water which is hard (ice), then given a fancy name: Water Croutons.
“I’ll have the soup du jour; Whiskey and Water Croutons”
by BrianWoolsey March 03, 2019
 
Reddit—Highdeas
Posted by u/Password_IsGullible September 22, 2019
Ice is just water croutons
       
Twitter
ally andrade
@allymariea
ice cubes are just water croutons.
10:21 AM · Nov 16, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
cami // REDEMPTION ARC
@itachidiet
ice cubes are just water croutons
1:33 PM · Aug 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
not mila natera
@notmilanatera
ice cubes = water croutons
1:41 AM · Sep 5, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

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