In Popular Culture
"Fruit Salad" is also the name of a song by Australian children's band The Wiggles and on the television show Wonder Pets.
"Fruit-salad" is also a slang term used for medals on a soldiers uniform, e.g. "Look at the fruit-salad on that colonel." The term refers to the bright colors of a high percentage of the ribbons that usually go with medals.
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