Michael

Re CRAN, I do recall this term being used by a Royal Marine (original and best) to talk about food - as in 'get some cran in you', 'time for cran' etc. This will have been in 1994 or thereabouts. As such, it is a noun, but one that denotes food in general. So you cannot talk of a CRAN, but you can talk of CRAN in general, especially of you are a Bootie. .