Reply #13: I call them subs. [View All]

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My mom started calling them "subs" when we got a Subway. Before then, she called them "poor boys." She's lived in the Chicago area all of her life. A "poor boy," as she made them, generally involved generous amounds of cold cuts, cheese, pickles and Thousand Island dressing.

I've always called them "subs" (my sister used to call them "summerine sammiches," when she was little).

My one exception is when it's a genuine "po' boy," and then I call it such.