A rom‑com author is facing backlash for using the term sub to describe a sandwich from Wawa in a Baltimore-set novel.
According to USA TODAY, B.K. Borison received pushback after her book, And Now, Back to You, referred to an order as a Wawa “sub.”
A reader with the username @samanthaistan posted on Threads, “The phrase ‘a sub from Wawa’ in the book I’m reading (and absolutely loving) might just haunt me. … A SUB?????? FROM WAWA?????????”…