What does brinner mean?

Brinner is a meal served in the evening which consists of foods traditionally eaten at breakfast.

The concept of consuming breakfast foods at dinnertime is of course nothing new. Many of us, young or old, have been regularly eating snacks such as toast, eggs or bowls of cereal into the evening. What is new however is the idea of breakfast foods as something a little more sophisticated, a cuisine to be savored and even associated with restaurant dining, hence the emergence of the term brinner. The word has been used since the mid-2000s in the US, where the concept is more established, but has only surfaced in British English more recently as the trend gained momentum in the UK.

Brinner is modeled on the earlier word brunch, one of the most established and popularly recognized examples of a portmanteau in the English language. Brunch was coined in Britain in the 1890s, allegedly in connection with an article by writer Guy Beringer in the magazine Hunter's Weekly, which promoted the idea of a late morning meal eaten in preference to a heavy Sunday lunch after Saturday night partying and drinking.

'For Hayley, the popularity of brinner is all about how comforting it is. "There's something about eggs and beans for dinner that is so incredibly nostalgic: childhood tea-time comfort food" …'