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Yummy

//ˈjʌm.i// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Delicious. childish, colloquial, often
Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of yummy mummy. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

    "The Yummies were the women who, next to the Starlets and Professional Have-It-Alls, Meredith envied most, and therefore half-despised. You could see them at the latte bars, drinking green tea smoothies, hoisting their fat-cheeked offspring from one hip to the other, comparing notes on washable diapers and baby-friendly resorts."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From yum + -y.

Etymology 2

From yum + -y.

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