A toast is a ritual in which a beverage in a glass or goblet is hoisted and taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term “offering a toast” may be applied to a person, event or for any occasion so honored. The drink is taken, and a verbal expression accompanying the drink is spoken or sung out loud by a person or all present as participants.

In the British Royal Navy, the officer’s noon meal typically began with The Loyal Toast (“The Queen”), followed by a toast distinctive for each day of the week:

* Monday: Our ships at sea.

* Tuesday: Our sailors (formerly Our men but changed to include women).

* Wednesday: Ourselves. (“As no-one else is likely to concern themselves with our

welfare” is often the retort and not part of the toast)

* Thursday: a bloody war or a sickly person (meaning the desire and likelihood of

being promoted when many people die during war or sickness)

* Friday: A willing foe and sea room

* Saturday: Our families (formerly “Our wives and sweethearts: with the retort of

“may they never meet”).

* Sunday: Absent friends

In various cultures worldwide, toasting is common and to not do so may be a breach of etiquette.

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