You know how item descriptions on grocery store receipts sometimes get cut off in the middle of a word?

Sure. If the line says "BELL PEPPERS & FIRE ROA" you can be reasonably sure that the last word was supposed to be "ROASTED."

But once in a while, the cut-off word is impossible to decipher. That was the case in my home this week.

The receipt had a line that read "YOG SMOOTHIE 4PK PROBIOTIC PUS."

What the? I've heard of all-natural, but that's ridiculous. Maybe there is such a thing as being too organic.

Examining the product packaging for words that started with the letters P-U-S failed to yield any clues.

So eventually I had to call the store.

The guy who answered the phone was nice about it and I could tell he planned to be helpful.

"P-U-S?"

"Yes, P-U-S."

He got on his computer. After a bit, he suggested that the complete phrase was "Push-berry."

That didn't really make any sense to me. And that word isn't on the yogurts' packaging or labels. But OK, pushberry it is.

That's not a real word, but at least it sounds better than what showed up on the receipt.

Case solved. I guess.

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