Lunch vs. luncheon usage?
So I've just read that lunch is an abbreviation of luncheon. Does that mean the terms are interchangable?
I'm in the u.s and here my understanding of the word was a luncheon was strictly an event, not something you could eat. I could say im going to eat lunch, but would never say, I'm going to eat luncheon.
Is this just because nobody knows lunch is an abbreviation?
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I think you are right. It may have started as an abbreviation, but it has changed into the maening that you express. Luncheon is a get-together, some what fancy. Lunch is just what you eat at noon, or a non-fancy meal that you eat at lunch time. We say, "I'm going to lunch now." "Let's eat lunch together." "I usually bring my lunch to school." "She is planning a luncheon to celebrate her daughter's engagement."